Lincoln’s proclamation brilliantly interwove the two types of New England holy days, the feast and the fast.
James BrattDecember 2, 2022
For me this is all mind-boggling. I grew up hearing that the United States was #1.
James BrattSeptember 23, 2022
We can’t let summer 2022 pass without marking the 50th anniversary of Watergate.
James BrattAugust 26, 2022
Beware of sinners, for they shall try to deceive you; but beware especially the saints, for they deceive themselves.
James BrattJuly 29, 2022
Ralph Janssen -- token in a Dutch-American culture war, itself a miniature of a broader American turbulence born out of…
James BrattJune 8, 2022
No victories without shadows. No second chances without further regrets. But perhaps also no disasters without hope.
James BrattMay 25, 2022
With mobile phones and social media, everybody everywhere can watch the horrors of Vladimir Putin’s savagery up close in real…
James BrattApril 6, 2022
Let’s jump back a century and see what 1922 had to offer by way of events and auguries.
James BrattJanuary 1, 2022
Colin Powell was honored by a memorial service last Friday. Still, as the headline put it, Powell was a “trailblazing…
James BrattNovember 8, 2021
