This amusing piece by Charles Davis on how he went to capitalist summer camp and became a communist reminded me of this old Yglesias approval of a pretty cheap shot at Pete Seeger's communism seventy years ago. Yglesias' major complaint with his summer camp was...
children
Although I do not have children, when I was integrated into the gigantic family of my in-laws, I was exposed to the American Girl Doll phenomenon. The dolls' little historical.
Elizabeth Kolbert has an interesting essay in The New Yorker about the ethics of parenting, wondering whether if there are ever ethical reasons to have children. Ethics certainly don't determine.
I thought everyone might need their feelings reassured for Thanksgiving. Luckily, the Denver Westword has provided us with some extra-special classroom posters from 1973. Now, let's all gather around and talk about our feelings. Fail. I recommend drinking. A better way? Setting the plane and...
My new book Forgetting Children Born of War: Setting the Human Rights Agenda in Bosnia and Beyond is finally out from Columbia University Press. Basically, it's all you never wanted.