Nat King Cole's "lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer" linger on, offering precious time for reading and musing. Today I offer some non-fiction selections. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard is a surprisingly powerful and disturbing book. Simard is a Professor of Forest Ecology at the University of …
Continue reading Stretch summer with books, pt. 2, non-fiction
Summer remains the perfect time to kick back and experience the pleasures of reading. There's still plenty of time to extend the season. The Four Winds by Kristen Hannah packed a huge emotional wallop. By the author of The Nightingale, this family saga starts out in the early 1920’s in Texas. Elsa, the thoughtful and …
There is no pretty way to lose a war, but the chaotic exit from Afghanistan over the past week has been particularly disturbing, especially for short-term political optics and long-term shameful treatment of those who risked their lives to help coalition forces and their ever-evolving mission. Bodies falling from planes departing Kabul Airport, as desperate Afghans tried …
Continue reading Afghanistan collapse a predictable disaster
Getty Image Andrew Cuomo's well crafted resignation speech proves once again you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. The speech was outwardly everything a PR person could recommend when spinning such a deplorable situation, except for its having come weeks later than it should have. And it left unanswered questions of …
Continue reading Cuomo resignation leaves unanswered questions
Marjorie Arons-Barron 