Imbolc Waxing Awakening Moon A day with my head in the books, The Future of Liberalism by Alan Wolfe, for the most part. I’ve also reviewed notes from my first research for Liberal I: roots and branches. My goal in … Continue reading
Lughnasa Waxing Harvest Moon “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein Einstein’s notion reminds me of the definition of insanity: trying the same thing over and over … Continue reading
Lughnasa Waxing Harvest Moon Geez. Took the whole day to organize my notes and quotes, tweak the ideas and find a thread. Now the intellectual journey about liberalism has to contend with the Vikings 3rd pre-season game. The starters will … Continue reading
Lughnasa Waxing Harvest Moon Another day spent happily with my nose in The Contested Enlightenment, parsing out threads of intellectual history that I can then weave together into a new tale, one that clarifies liberalism in the United States today … Continue reading
Lughnasa Waxing Harvest Moon This was a doctor day. Kate and I went to see a spine surgeon she has seen before. She leans now toward some surgical intervention since the various palliatives: drugs, nerve root and facet joint blocks, … Continue reading