May Gift Links

Offering up a selection of Sunday reads

May 18

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"We should scream with awe"

Night hiking in Everglades National Park

May 11

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Editor's Note: On the Occasion of my Father's Impending Retirement

A toast before a roast

May 4

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April 2025

Gift Link: Trump Has Destroyed What Made America Great (NYT)

Bracing and empowering perspective from an Obama foreign policy advisor

Apr 27

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Fences and Neighbors

A writer and real estate agent grieves her neighborhood in the wake of a California wildfire

Apr 13

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All of Us is All of Us

Shared narratives give us purpose and identity and a sense of belonging. Rejecting them leaves them in the hands of those we oppose. (Editor's Note…

Apr 6

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March 2025

Joke's on US

An American comedian in London reappraises her material in the wake of Trump's return to office

Mar 30

2

Moral Hygiene for Kids

I believe we have two jobs: repair the world bit by bit and raise our kids to be good people. One is daunting and the other feels like a mystery.

Mar 23

3

Oppositional Defiance as Creative Practice: Four Thoughts

This is a time to shine a light, if not on the world we want, then on a disco ball that refracts and distorts the one they are trying to force onto us.

Mar 16

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Turning the Tide

This is Opposite of Nihilism. Think “Modern Love”, but the subject is how we keep believing in humanity and a world of possibility when nihilism beckons…

Mar 9

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Launch Week Playlist

A playlist in honor of Opposite of Nihilism's official launch on March 9th

Mar 5

February 2025

Pre-launch: Remembering Garth

A tribute to Garth Hudson, organist/multi-instrumentalist of The Band

Feb 11

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