Category: society
A Different Kind of Nature
by Susan
Human nature. I ran into some of it yesterday. Weird. Nobody likes being told what to do or when to do it, especially me. But these are hard times. CoVid-19 is a thing unknown. Extremis malis extrema remedia, no? When I left work yesterday around noon, horns were honking and cars were gathering in the shopping center parking lot across the street. “Oh,” I … Read More A Different Kind of Nature
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Innocence Lost
by Susan
Not that society in 2020 was ever very innocent — not as innocent as, say, in 1820, when James Monroe was president, America was involved in no wars, and toasts were raised to “my country, right or wrong.” Certainly the sectionalism that would soon raise its ugly political head would put all that Era of Good Feeling stuff severely to task, and the several … Read More Innocence Lost
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