Dec. 7, 1941 – 79 years ago today – may indeed be a date that lives in infamy, even if barely remembered. A total of 2,403 died that day from the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. Our then polarized country immediately united and went to war. By the end of it , there were 291,557 […]
We Gather Together–Apart
Happy Thanksgiving! (Or Happy Day After Thanksgiving, if you are seeing this on Friday) Today’s papers are filled with solemn holiday columns commenting on the sadness and irony we are feeling on this holiday during the time of the pandemic. But also, as E.J. Dionne observes, quoting a friend’ recent statement, “I work from home, […]