Albert Sears

Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’ Satirical petition from Denmark, which owns Greenland, racks up 200,000 signatures as Trump eyes Arctic island

“We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood, bike lanes to Beverly Hills and organic smørrebrød to every street corner. Rule of law, universal healthcare and fact-based politics might apply.”

Why are the Democrats so spineless? | Moira Donegan No wonder the American public thinks of Democrats as out of touch, opportunistic, and cowardly. That is because they are

"Increasingly, political commentators have compared the Democrats of 2025 to the Nazi collaborationist Vichy government in second-world-war France."

Barbara Kingsolver Uses ‘Demon Copperhead’ Royalties to Build Rehab Center (Gift Article) Barbara Kingsolver has put royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to work in the region it portrayed, starting a home for women in recovery.

We need more stories like this one about Kingsolver: stories about effective local action to help others in need; and, of course, stories about the power of the humanities and literature to make change.

I haven't listened to this song in years and years. So good to hear it again, relevant and new again.

Opinion | There Is No Going Back The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.

Go ahead, scroll past, because the point is we're probably not going back. I'm waking up to this new reality. How about you? How do we live now? I'm all ears. It's not a rhetorical question. All practical comments welcome.

Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’ A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?”—Judith Butler in @elpais.com

Greetings, Bluesky. I saw you during a recent winter walk in the woods.