David Holdridgeinthe CafeWe Have Often Been Culled BeforeYou don’t have to be within eye-shot of the great plains to know about the “culling’’ of the herd. Where I grew up, near a small farm in…Aug 27, 2022Aug 27, 2022
David Holdridgeinthe CafeOLDAs I turn older and fear more than is sensible about pretending the language and the sentiments of youth — given the deep insinuated animus…Sep 9, 2020Sep 9, 2020
David Holdridgeinthe CafeLeonard and the boy — — 1962It was still night when I boarded the bus, three levels deep in the Chicago terminal. Even at that ungodly hour it was full of commotion…Aug 27, 2020Aug 27, 2020
David HoldridgeA Confusion of TruthsFor most of us, Scientific Method was mother’s milk. What had begun with Newton and his contemporaries had come to imbue much of our…Aug 15, 2020Aug 15, 2020
David HoldridgeYANGI am no savant but it seems to me that most pols and pundits seeking to address the future of the American economy are missing some…Aug 21, 2019Aug 21, 2019
David HoldridgeA Dead End in Algeria — 1966The taxi man outside was the first to smile and that was for money. His arm swang over the back of the seat and dropped by our knees. His…Dec 31, 2017Dec 31, 2017