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In defense of the party of nonvoters (and why you should vote anyway)

According to Gore Vidal, there are precisely two political parties, no more, no less: There is the party of voters who vote. And there is…

Apr 5, 2022

In defense of the party of nonvoters (and why you should vote anyway)

Apr 5, 2022

David Paulsen

Congress may OK drilling in ANWR. It could declare it wilderness instead.

I wrote a quick story this week for Episcopal News Service about the fight over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and where…

Oct 24, 2017

Congress may OK drilling in ANWR. It could declare it wilderness instead.

Oct 24, 2017

David Paulsen

Every blade, every leaf: Remembering Grandpa Monico in life and in death

The following is adapted from a eulogy I gave yesterday morning at the United Methodist Church in Dalton, Mass., for my grandfather…

Jan 31, 2017

Every blade, every leaf: Remembering Grandpa Monico in life and in death

Jan 31, 2017

David Paulsen

Not the economy, stupid. It’s anti-elitism.

We probably shouldn’t trust polls after this election, but food for thought in this exit poll from the NYT:

Nov 10, 2016

Not the economy, stupid. It’s anti-elitism.

Nov 10, 2016

David Paulsen

America won’t let up

A flashback to 2000: Most of my co-workers freaking out, as last-minute returns trickled in at 2 a.m., that George W. Bush would become…

Nov 9, 2016

Nov 9, 2016

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Pop Goes the Culture

A great chasm: Jesus, Mary Poppins and Kendrik Lamar on the rich and the poor

Read the New Testament closely enough, particularly the Gospel of Luke, and you can’t help but think, this Jesus guy sure is hard on the…

Sep 26, 2016

A great chasm: Jesus, Mary Poppins and Kendrik Lamar on the rich and the poor

Sep 26, 2016

David Paulsen

Initial thoughts on the new Wilco album

I honestly was bored with it on the first listen, most of the songs (except “Common Sense,” of course) sounding vaguely similar, in the…

Sep 15, 2016

Initial thoughts on the new Wilco album

Sep 15, 2016

David Paulsen

Can God Prevent the Next Massacre? No, We Should

Note: This is reposted from something I shared on Facebook in December 2012 in the aftermath of the Newtown massacre, an event that had a…

Jun 13, 2016

Jun 13, 2016

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Pop Goes the Culture

First thoughts on Paul Simon’s ‘Stranger to Stranger’

So much to take in from this new album. Easily one of his best. As great as Paul Simon has been, has he ever operated on this level…

May 31, 2016

First thoughts on Paul Simon’s ‘Stranger to Stranger’

May 31, 2016

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Pop Goes the Culture

The ideal husband

Father John Misty as love’s unreliable narrator

May 20, 2016

The ideal husband

May 20, 2016

David Paulsen

David Paulsen

Fundamentally a collection of cells, tissues and organs, but mostly water. #WesternMass #LosAngeles #NewYorkCity #Milwaukee

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