Monthly Archives: June 2018

Belgium – June 27-July 7 2018 OBSERVATIONS ABOUT BELGIUM Bicycles. The Netherlands has a reputation for bicycles, but this place must be just as bicycle-mad. Virtually every road has bike lanes on both sides (usually in red brick or pavement). … Continue reading →

by Ta-Nehisi Coates — October 2017 Atlantic  IT IS INSUFFICIENT TO STATE the obvious of Donald Trump: that he is a white man who would not be president were it not for this fact. With one immediate exception, Trump’s predecessors … Continue reading →

How Trump Is Ending the American Era For all the visible damage the president has done to the nation’s global standing, things are much worse below the surface. Eliot A Cohen   October 2017 Atlantic Magazine Donald trump was right. … Continue reading →

Not yet—but it has precious few supporters on either the left or the right. YONI APPELBAUM November 2017 Atlantic Magazine   On may 5, 1857, eight men sat down to dinner at Boston’s Parker House hotel. They had gathered to … Continue reading →

The World Might Be Better Off Without College for Everyone Students don’t seem to be getting much out of higher education. BRYAN CAPLAN JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018 ATLANTIC  I have been in school for more than 40 years. First preschool, kindergarten, elementary … Continue reading →

The Charter-School Crusader The combative Eva Moskowitz has created the nation’s most impressive school system—and made lots of enemies in the process. ELIZABETH GREEN JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018 ISSUE ATLANTIC  In the spring of 2007, I moved to New York City to cover … Continue reading →

Russia’s strongman president has many Americans convinced of his manipulative genius. He is just a gambler who won big  I. The Hack The large, sunny room at Volgograd State University smelled like its contents: 45 college students, all but one … Continue reading →

How to Talk Like Trump A short guide to speaking the president’s dialect KURT ANDERSEN MARCH 2018 ISSUE ATLANTIC  As soon as Donald Trump announced his presidential candidacy, people noted a few of his linguistic quirks, such as the extended, … Continue reading →

THE LAST TEMPTATION — How evangelicals, once culturally confident became an anxious minority seeking political protection from the least traditionally religious president in living memory. by Michael Gerson Atlantic April 2018 One of the most extraordinary things about our current … Continue reading →

Prisoners or Patients? Adapted from “Insane – America’s Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness” by Alisa Roth Published by Basic Books Atlantic – April 2018 Across the country, correctional facilities are struggling with the reality that they have become the nation’s … Continue reading →