by David Howell | Mar 3, 2017 | David Howell, The Descent into Happiness, USA
This winter, I taught a course in Current Affairs. As per the course description, it is designed to “encourage students to keep themselves informed about problems at the local, national, and international levels and to develop a critical attitude toward those...
by Ethan Casey | Jan 31, 2017 | Ethan Casey, Home Free, US, USA
First of all, note that there is no question mark in my title. What happens when politics breaks down is what all of us in the United States are currently living through, in real time. In July 1997 I was an eyewitness to an actual, unambiguous coup d’etat in...
by David Howell | Jan 5, 2017 | David Howell, The Descent into Happiness, USA
In November, John Oliver did a tribute to 2016. At the end of the video, he blows up a big “2016” display as a way of giving an end to what was last year. The clip left a bad taste in my mouth. It’s too easy to dismiss 2016, to tell it to “f***...
by Ethan Casey | Jan 1, 2017 | Ethan Casey, Home Free, USA
Recently a reader of my book Home Free: An American Road Trip asked me: “I’d guess traveling around the country during the 2012 election would have been interesting, but do you wish you’d done the same for 2016???? 😀” It’s an intriguing,...