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…3 min read·Aug 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…3 min read·Sep 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…23 min read·Aug 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…3 min read·Aug 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…4 min read·Aug 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…8 min read·Dec 31, 2017----