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Reflections on the Columbine High School shooting in the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida.
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A visit to Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts — just after the celebration of Thoreau's 200th birthday — becomes an occasion to reflect on his writing, the failures of the modern world, and what it means to seek inspiration in a place Thoreau left behind more than a century and a half ago.
Gus Gus the cat has many gifts — brains, personality, and apparently an irresistible urge to collect things and bat them under the sofa. When the couch finally got moved, what emerged was less a lost toy and more an entire secret economy, including writing implements, snacks, hardware, and one clove of garlic with little cat teeth marks in it.
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While my family marched in Washington and friends took to the streets across the country, I took a quiet three-hour solitude march through a snowy Montana forest with my dog. A reflection on the Women's March, what comes next, and the urgent need to support honest journalism in a new era of "alternative facts."
On the day of Donald Trump's first inauguration and the eve of the historic Women's March on Washington...
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I've long resisted writing eulogies on this blog, but the passing of my dear friend Robert Hilferty compels me to speak. A writer, activist, and filmmaker, Robert was among the most exceptional people I've ever known — someone whose fierce commitment to storytelling, the arts, and human rights made the world genuinely better.