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Authentic Democracy Distilled Populism Walter Horn Erraticus
("The County Election" by George Caleb Bingham, 1854)
Essays Society & Culture 

Who Cares About Democracy?

January 15, 2021January 16, 2021 Walter Horn 1 Comment Democracy, Politics, Voting

Some people consider democracy a good thing only if it gets them the outcome they want. Perhaps the US just needs more democratic reforms.

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Letters to You Melanie Han Erraticus Korean American Identity
(Jeffrey Howard)
Essays Society & Culture 

Letters to You

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Melanie Han 0 Comments Family, Identity, Racism

In this epistolary, Melanie Han reflects on her experiences with racism, intergenerational family dynamics, and tensions surrounding identity.

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Hope in the time of corona COVID-19 Melanie Han Erraticus
(Lei Jiang)
Essays Society & Culture 

‘Corona, Corona’: In the Cycle of Grief

April 23, 2020April 24, 2020 Melanie Han 0 Comments Emotions, Family, Racism, Travel

Finding herself abroad during the early days of corona, a traveler recounts the uncertainties and grief that followed her home.

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Mythos Pandemic Sloane Shearman Erraticus Coronavirus Covid-19
(Wikimedia Commons)
Ideas Society & Culture 

The Mythos of Pandemic

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 Sloane Shearman 1 Comment Death, Myth

Without a shared mythos or communal rituals, we face not only the physical threat of coronavirus but also an epidemic of hopelessness.

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All the lonely people atomized generation atomization crisis loneliness erraticus
(Michal Pechardo)
Essays Society & Culture 

All the Lonely People: The Atomized Generation

March 11, 2020August 29, 2020 Willow Liana 1 Comment Atomization, Community, Essential Reading, Place

We’re not only facing a crisis of loneliness but we’re atomized. Our systems seem designed to further undermine social fabric and place.

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The Locking Spine People Crab Erik Mclean Erraticus
(Erik Mclean)
Essays Society & Culture 

The Locking Spine

March 10, 2020June 1, 2020 Donovan Irven 0 Comments Appalachia, Community, Essential Reading, Family

Eating crab is a fitting tradition for an Appalachian community dealing with the intergenerational trauma connected to the opioid crisis.

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Suspending Politics to Save Democracy Erraticus Overdoing political
(Jorge Alcala)
Essays Society & Culture 

Suspending Politics to Save Democracy

February 19, 2020June 1, 2020 Lawrence Torcello 0 Comments Democracy, Polarization, Politics

Just political systems secure the means of living satisfying private lives while political saturation crowds out key aspects of a good life.

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America Needs to Build Strong Towns Not More Infrastructure Erraticus
(Thought Catalog)
Essays Society & Culture 

America Needs to Build Strong Towns, Not More Infrastructure

February 17, 2020August 29, 2020 Jacqueline M. Kory-Westlund 0 Comments Community, Essential Reading, Place, Urbanism

The key to fixing our cities, to creating Strong Towns, is to treat them like complex, emergent systems capable of iterative change.

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A Land Value Tax Fosters Stronger Communities Erraticus
(Pixabay)
Essays Society & Culture 

A Land Value Tax Fosters Stronger Communities

January 10, 2020October 22, 2020 Matthew Downhour 7 Comments Community, Land Use, Tax Policy, Urbanism

Not only is a land value tax economically efficient, it offers a development pattern and taxation philosophy that nurtures vibrant communities.

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Overdoing Democracy
(Brett Sayles)
Featured Ideas Society & Culture 

We’re Overdoing Democracy. But Why?

December 23, 2019June 1, 2020 Kevin Vallier 0 Comments Democracy, Essential Reading, Polarization, Politics

Society has become so politically-saturated that we’re now overdoing democracy. Here are a few reasons why it undermines our institutions.

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Their Home Not Mine Erraticus Iona McHaney
(Paula May)
Essays Society & Culture 

On Their Home, Not Mine

December 14, 2019December 23, 2020 Iona McHaney 0 Comments Community, Essential Reading, Nostalgia, Place

A “third culture kid,” now an adult, reflects on the unrelenting yearning she has for home and the struggle we face to live in the present.

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Ron Chernow Ulysses S Grant
Essays Society & Culture 

A Progressive’s Take on Ron Chernow’s ‘Grant’

July 24, 2019June 1, 2020 Joshua R. H. Parsons 0 Comments Character, History, Progress

Individuals don’t make history but there are the “best of us” people, like Grant, who withstand the crushing pressures of their times.

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