Samuel James 
We liberals spend a lot of time blaming the world’s problems on stupid people. The more thoughtful among us might be so kind as to say the problem is people believing in stupid ideas. Q-Anon. The Big Lie. COVID denial. Whatever it is, we tend to believe everything is simply a matter of education. Wouldn’t …
My girlfriend and I were in Sweden. She has family there and I have friends there and this was during a time when you could just go visit people in another country. It seems so long ago… Anyway, we covered a lot of ground driving around Sweden and I discovered a few things. One is …
I cried when I heard the verdict. The tears were a long time coming. And they were complicated. They began out of relief because I honestly didn’t think he would be found guilty of all three charges. I thought maybe one or two, tops. Then my tears continued at the realization of exactly how justifiably …