5 Comments
User's avatar
Jim Buie's avatar

Thank you Katharine. I did not know about Benedict Arnold's connection to New London...I fear that too many have forgotten or never learned the lessons of WWII. We do seem to live in "a time of monsters" as we did in the 1930s.

Expand full comment
Katharine Hill's avatar

Thanks for reading, Jim. And BTW, Maura’s memoir is an amazing read.

Expand full comment
Jim Sanders's avatar

‘Have we all become so jaded by modern technology that we no longer believe in human decency?’

Do not know about all but after watching people today driving, in stores and eating in upscale place and hearing the conversations, my lack of belief is confirmed.

I’m trained in science, statistical analyses and know how to use empirical observation to form what Bayesians call prior probabilities. I saw nothing today to make me want to update my opinion about humanity.

Expand full comment
Oldandintheway's avatar

No one in the Trump administration cares about anyone who isn’t a white gazillionare. They seem to enjoy making other people suffer.

Many other people have lost the ability to determine what is true.

Expand full comment
Richard Sutherland's avatar

The American Christian churches should be up in arms, but they aren't. Blame it on white Christian nationalism. "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." "Gulag John is just getting started.

Expand full comment