Paul’s Perspectives
Voting and demographics for breakfast
Reading Time: 4 minutes Younger people have been historically voting in smaller numbers, but they may be catching up—just in time
Paul Wesslund
May 17, 2022
Paul’s Perspectives
Why our cars aren’t fun, fun, fun any more
Reading Time: 4 minutes Pop music tells us we used to drive cars for fun and freedom. Now we seem to just sadly ride around in them.
Paul Wesslund
October 22, 2021
Paul’s Perspectives
Hunter Biden’s mess of a life and what it teaches the rest of us
Reading Time: 6 minutes Hunter Biden’s book counters the stigma against people in drug treatment by describing, in detail, his own addiction
Paul Wesslund
April 19, 2021
Paul’s Perspectives
The Grand Humility of the Inauguration
Reading Time: 3 minutes Biden’s inauguration showed the power and the hope of compassion.
Paul Wesslund
January 20, 2021
Paul’s Perspectives
We’re loving life these days—for proof, just look at the obituaries
Reading Time: 4 minutes Obituaries mourn death and celebrate life. Write them with pride.
Paul Wesslund
June 24, 2020
Blog
It’s a free country. What does that mean exactly?
Reading Time: 3 minutes I supplemented my college education this week with a lesson about part of what makes this a uniquely free country. The phrase “Free country” gets used in ways that mean a lot of different things. What I realized this week is how it’s more than a slogan. A free country is real, specific, and rare
Paul Wesslund
March 30, 2020
Blog
The power of labels
Reading Time: 2 minutes How would you label yourself? You get one word. OK, give yourself a two or three-word phrase. Is that fair? Accurate? Would it tell someone who you are? Red Sox fan? Farmer? Retired? Liberal? And what would the person seeing that label conclude? Might it be filtered through their biases? I’m working on a writing
Paul Wesslund
March 30, 2020
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