Dear fellow citizen--dear friend, Most of us do not choose our countries, but are born or otherwise thrown into them by forces beyond our control. Most of our fellow citizens are strangers, living lives that are unlike ours, and the issues affecting … [Continue reading]
Letter to a Young Voter
Filed Under: Mind & Society Tagged With: Aristotle, Cities, Citizenship, Community of Practice, Danielle S. Allen, Devotion, Political Friendship, Politics, Richard C. Harwood, Vote
Studs Terkel, 1912-2008: A Lifetime of Listening
Studs Terkel, that great & generous soul, has passed on. There is nothing or no-one that says Chicago more than the magnificent Studs Terkel. (Photo by pigolincolorado.) The author of such eye-opening and deeply human examinations of the lives … [Continue reading]
Filed Under: A Reading Life Tagged With: Biography, Chicago, Community, History, John Steinbek, Memoir, Mike Royko, Nelson Algren, Richard Wright, Social Justice, Studs Terkel, Theodore Dreiser, WFMT
Another Halloween
It's that time of year again, when our culture takes a holiday originating in fall harvest and the passing of generations, and turns it into a celebration of imagination, childhood, community, misrule, aggression, terror, & trauma (as well as … [Continue reading]
Filed Under: A Reading Life Tagged With: Barack Obama, David Bordwell, Fear, Halloween, Holidays, John McCain, Politics, Stories, Zombies
What’s on Your Plate?
or, How to Visit Your Food
October 25, 2008 By circlereader
Autumn is here. We've been hearing the geese go by overhead for some weeks now. Yesterday we picked up our last produce share of the season from urban CSA farmers Claire and Jake at Troy Community Farm here in Madison, Wisconsin, and tomorrow we will … [Continue reading]
Filed Under: A Reading Life Tagged With: Aldo Leopold, Ann Vileisis, Blanchardville, Catherine Gund, Circle M Farm, Cities, Food, Movies, Rick Sanger, Seasons, Stories, Thomas A. Lyson, Troy Community Farm, Wisconsin
What’s on Your Plate? or, How to Visit Your Food
Autumn is here. We've been hearing the geese go by overhead for some weeks now. Yesterday we picked up our last produce share of the season from urban CSA farmers Claire and Jake at Troy Community Farm here in Madison, Wisconsin, and tomorrow we will … [Continue reading]
Filed Under: A Reading Life Tagged With: Aldo Leopold, Ann Vileisis, Blanchardville, Catherine Gund, Circle M Farm, Cities, Food, Movies, Rick Sanger, Seasons, Stories, Thomas A. Lyson, Troy Community Farm, Wisconsin