Julie GautreauWHY IT HAPPENED, AND WHAT WE HAVEN’T LEARNEDEarly in the afternoon of June 10, 1944 — four days after the Allied invasion of Normandy — a regiment called Das Führer, of the German…5 min read·Jun 9, 2024----
Julie GautreauThe State We’re InThis past week, a woman froze to death outside an apartment complex on Hall of Fame Drive in Knoxville. There are multiple housing…4 min read·Jan 20, 2024--1--1
Julie GautreauNEW YEAR’S DAY, 2024We stopped for lunch at a McDonald’s, somewhere just south of Indianapolis off I-74. We chose it because of what had happened on the way up…4 min read·Jan 2, 2024----
Julie GautreauChristine, Then and NowAs I was watching Christine, Antonio Campos’s 2016 biographical drama, I had a passing thought. I wondered if the title character, TV…5 min read·Sep 20, 2023----
Julie GautreauA Brief and Beautiful FriendshipChilean folk singer Victor Jara was, in life, famous throughout Latin America for his leadership in the Nueva Canción movement for peace…8 min read·Sep 7, 2023----
Julie GautreauIn Defense of NeighborhoodsMy husband is from France, and among the few things he does not miss about France are the rules about small things. He misses good bread…3 min read·Jul 12, 2023----
Julie GautreauThe Lord’s Day, IndeedI was a public defender for a long time, and I have watched hundreds of videos of poor people’s interactions with police. My clients got…5 min read·Feb 25, 2023--1--1