by Ai Friendly | Apr 5, 2026 | Culture Wars, Education, History as it applies to the Future
One thing I learned from my, as yet unfinished, road trip excursion is the value of podcasts. I assume everybody is saying, “Duh!” and that I am very late to this discovery. Anyway, I recommend, for one, Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History. A hallmark of Malcolm...
by Ai Friendly | Mar 3, 2026 | History as it applies to the Future, Writing for Writers
Missive 11, Sunday, March 22: I went into this odyssey with hope and expectation to uncover some basic truths about myself and human nature, and I think I can say that the journey, so far, has been rewarding for both of those objectives. As to myself, I have learned...
by Ai Friendly | Feb 22, 2026 | Culture Wars, History as it applies to the Future
Tolstoy The last of the big winter storms is passing through. Preparations have been on-going, and I will be on the road one week from today. Tolstoy ran away from home at the age of 82. He walked out the door without saying goodbye due, it has been said, to “deep...
by Ai Friendly | Feb 16, 2026 | Culture Wars, History as it applies to the Future, Politics
People on the Left and the Right see only what they want to see in American history. It is inconvenient to acknowledge that there have always been two sides to the equation. On the afternoon of January 1, 1863, President Lincoln, remarking that his hand was tired...
by Ai Friendly | Feb 12, 2026 | Culture Wars, History as it applies to the Future, Politics
My beloved country is being shredded right down to the family level, and it is killing me. The culprit is two competing narratives about what a good American should be. Both narratives are short-sighted, self-serving, and wrong-headed. Almost everybody uses these...
by Ai Friendly | Feb 5, 2026 | Culture Wars, Education, History as it applies to the Future, Writing for Writers
As soon as the worst of the winter storms blows offshore, I will depart on a Steinbeckian journey up the East Coast in search of some insight and understanding of my great country, America. Even before I crank my ignition, my journey has begun. As it happens, my quest...
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