by Daniel A. Kaufman ____ I was almost eight years old when the American Bicentennial Hit, and I remember it well. It was all over
Category: Essays
Compelled Birth and the Liberal Polity
by Daniel A. Kaufman ____ Abortion is now illegal in the State of Missouri, where I live. If my twenty-year-old daughter was to become pregnant,
We Don’t Want to Know
by Daniel A. Kaufman ____ There are any number of reasons not to snoop. One violates another person’s privacy. One communicates suspicion and distrust. One
Today’s Readers, Tomorrow’s Leaders … Perhaps
By Kevin Currie-Knight ____ Something interesting happened in 2020 that changed my view of the importance of books and snobbish attitudes about their importance. I
Our Own Naked Sun
By Daniel A. Kaufman ___ In The Naked Sun (1957), Isaac Asimov imagines Solaria, a low-population world in which residents live on estates so large
Fifty Years in the Game: A Meditation on Tennis
By Daniel A. Kaufman ___ Anyone who knows me knows that I am tennis player and enthusiast of long standing. [I have been playing the