As a promotional theme, the New York Times likes to invite the public to read their publication and then “join the conversation.” But the “conversation,” if you want to call it that, has gotten so bizarre of late that “joining the conversation” is likely to challenge one’s sanity. Contemporary America’s “conversation” seems less like a true conversation and more like
In his greatest book, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, America’s greatest writer, described the sense of astonishment that early America’s European settlers felt as they ventured into this brave new world: “For a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face
Well, last weekend wrapped up “Pride Week, 2021.” While most American special occasion celebrations (even very important ones like Arbor Day [April 29] or National Chocolate Day [July 7]) make do with a one day designation, the annual celebration of American weirdness can’t be contained, apparently, in a single calendar day. No, Pride DAY, I’m afraid, just won’t do! Ladies