Han Kang’s “Human Acts” and the literature of witnessI picked up Han Kang’s 2016 book Human Acts this week, partly because she had just won the Nobel Prize in Literature. But I was not…Oct 28, 20241Oct 28, 20241
On Gaza — how low can the New York Times go?OK, I get it. I’ve always known it, right? Of course the New York Times reflects the consensus of liberal imperialism and slants the news…Sep 4, 202436Sep 4, 202436
Percival Everett’s James and the literature of resistanceHere is a photograph in the Glen Ellyn News from the spring of 1958 — the fifth-grade students were putting on a minstrel show in this…Jun 10, 20241Jun 10, 20241
The kids are All Right: In praise of student activism against genocide.The massive upsurge in US of solidarity with Palestine and sharp criticism of Israel has reached a revolutionary inflection point, a moment…May 6, 20245May 6, 20245
Echoes of the American war in Vietnam — Part 2I previously wrote about the lessons learned from the US war against Vietnam in relation to the current horror of Israeli attacks against…Mar 28, 20241Mar 28, 20241
The SAT again, the monster that would not dieAh, here we go again. One step forward, two steps back. Finally, because of the pandemic, many colleges dropped or made optional the SAT —…Jan 10, 2024Jan 10, 2024
Echoes of the American war in VietnamWe are living in perilous, frustrating, horrendous times. It’s hard to do anything — brush your teeth, take a walk, read a book — without…Nov 11, 20232Nov 11, 20232
Behind the wallsHistory will judge the atrocities committed in Palestine and IsraelOct 23, 20231Oct 23, 20231
