Category Archives: This American Moment

Some of memories’ most vivid stamps are those pressed by personal experience in times of big moment—occasions when one feels a part of history in some distant but intimate way. I still keep a newspaper I picked up on a trash strewn New York street last Friday. It is a reminder that in twenty hoursContinue reading “Blackout!!”

It gets dark earlier these late October days, and signs of the season are everywhere. In my neighborhood, inflatable Halloween witches and ghosts can be found dotting the yards as if lying in wait for little ghouls and goblins who will soon demand a “trick or treat.” Children, we know, love to be frightened, whichContinue reading “The Demons in Our Midst: Political Fear Mongering and the Coming Election”

Susan Eisenhower’s newest article originally appeared as “No Consequences Government” at The National Interest: The Consequences of No Consequences by Susan Eisenhower The nation held its collective breath these last weeks as the country waited to see if Congress would finally act on the emergency measures to “rescue” our economy, and what the impact wouldContinue reading “The Consequences of No Consequences”