How a newspaper’s non-endorsement hurts all of us
paulwesslundwriter2024-10-29T15:22:52+00:00When two major newspapers decided not to endorse a presidential [...]
Road Rage? It’s More Like Everywhere Rage
paulwesslundwriter2024-03-15T15:35:51+00:00What speeding says about our angry mood, and a hint [...]
Beyoncé’s gone country? Oh, she’s done much more than that
paulwesslundwriter2024-02-20T18:40:00+00:00What's in a genre anyway? I’ve been listening to the [...]
Is there any point to boycotting the Super Bowl?
paulwesslundwriter2023-02-02T16:12:08+00:00Colin Kaepernick was booted out of pro football for peacefully protesting police killings of people of color. Does it do any good to protest by not watching the Super Bowl?
The dread, and the hope, in saying what you think
paulwesslundwriter2023-01-17T15:41:09+00:00A newspaper columnist writes that we’ve gotten so mean, she dreads writing her column. It’s going to take a lot of hard, creative work to make us a more civil society.
Voting and demographics for breakfast
paulwesslundwriter2022-05-17T18:58:16+00:00Younger people have been historically voting in smaller numbers, but they may be catching up—just in time
Louisville’s extraordinary steps for the environment
paulwesslundwriter2022-03-23T12:08:31+00:00Louisville mayoral candidate forum will focus exclusively on renewable energy
Why our cars aren’t fun, fun, fun any more
paulwesslundwriter2024-01-17T15:22:20+00:00Pop music tells us we used to drive cars for fun and freedom. Now we seem to just sadly ride around in them.
Hunter Biden’s mess of a life and what it teaches the rest of us
paulwesslundwriter2024-01-08T15:00:16+00:00Hunter Biden’s book counters the stigma against people in drug treatment by describing, in detail, his own addiction
The Grand Humility of the Inauguration
paulwesslundwriter2021-01-20T22:48:32+00:00Biden's inauguration showed the power and the hope of compassion.