by Matthew Friedman | Aug 7, 2019 | Commentary
Toni Morrison has died. This is inexpressibly sad news, though perhaps not entirely unexpected. The Nobel laureate, and author of Beloved, Song of Solomon, God Bless the Child, and so many other trenchant, deeply-felt commentaries on the human condition was 88 years...
by Matthew Friedman | Aug 4, 2019 | Commentary
I saw the headline on my phone’s home screen as we made our way to the Loop (Chicago’s downtown) for an early al-fresco dinner on the Riverwalk, and a concert at Harris Theater in Millennium Park. I read “Multiple Victims in El Paso Shooting,” and did not read...
by Matthew Friedman | Jul 24, 2019 | Commentary
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the...
by Matthew Friedman | Jul 5, 2019 | Commentary, Politics
We all heard it. In his 4th of July speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, looking out over the reflecting pool in the National Mall, the 45th president of the United States praised the brave patriots of the Continental Army who “took over the airports” from...
by Matthew Friedman | Jun 19, 2019 | Commentary, Politics
I don’t really know what to say to Rep. Liz Cheney. She lashed out yesterday after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez commented that the American government was operating “concentration camps on the southern border of the United States for immigrants, where they are being...
by Matthew Friedman | Jun 7, 2019 | Commentary, Politics
There was good news for the progressive Left Wednesday when the Social Democratic Party, led by 41-year-old Mette Frederiksen, won an impressive victory in Denmark’s parliamentary elections. Frederiksen will be become Denmark’s youngest-ever prime minister, and only...