Bending The Arc

  • Bending The Arc February 2026

    Dear friends, I’ve wanted to begin this newsletter for a while now and the words or stamina or both have eluded me. I just don’t know what I have to say that hasn’t already been said. In so many ways, I am speechless. But you wouldn’t know that from looking at me. I still get…

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  • Bending The Arc December 2025

    Ha! Remember last time when I wrote about finally changing the newsletter’s font? Joke’s on me! I wondered why my email version still appeared so shabby. Now I know. I didn’t pay enough. Of course it’s a poor yet top-heavy metaphor for… what feels like everything. Our desires for slight improvements are simply more sites…

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  • Bending The Arc November 2025

    It’s a brand new day, friends! At long last, I finally took the time to figure out how to change my appearance settings on this blog and I am pretty happy with myself. Likely this is a metaphor for something else: My slow, cautious, potentially lazy approach to selective change, perhaps? Maybe. At any rate,…

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  • Bending The Arc October 2025

    Boo! Welcome to the spooky season. Even here in Austria, the commercial appeal of Halloween imported from North America has established itself in numerous retail offerings. Pumpkins abound but few are carved. Cheap costumes are easy to come by during a four week window of opportunity. I have my standard skeleton onesie reserved for our…

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  • Bending The Arc Late September 2025

    “If the elongated text made by AI, or the images of forests or people, or the music it writes does not hold much emotional meaning for you, you might eventually learn to set expectations of emotional responses aside. After all, emotion isn’t all that helpful to passing a class or getting a job. Human literacy…

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  • Bending The Arc August 2025

    Back in the saddle! Well, the carousel has turned a few more times and many of us find ourselves back in our starting positions, prepared to embark on the next ride of a school year. How do you feel about that? What’s your vibe going into another academic cycle? What are you excited about? Which…

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  • Bending The Arc Request

    Just one thing! Hi friends, I don’t want to interrupt your summer fun or mid year break for more than a moment but I want to share one thing that is time sensitive.My dearest friend, documentary filmmaker extraordinaire, Cathleen O’Connell is fundraising to complete her amazing work in progress, Nancy Drew: The Case of The American…

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  • Bending The Arc June 2025

    “I stand against all forms of hate and violence — including antisemitism, anti-Palestinian hate, anti-Arab hate, anti-Muslim hate and all hate meant to divide us and cause harm rather than bring us together. Every child, person and every family deserves to feel valued, loved and safe. Let’s continue to model empathy, compassion and teach our…

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  • Bending The Arc April 2025

    Dear friends, I have been working on a draft of this newsletter since April 5th. It’s now April 25th and counting. Starting over and over and my sense of overwhelm is not diminished. So I’ll be brief. Titles and micro samples. That’s all I’ve got. One book I really encourage you to borrow or purchase…

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  • Bending The Arc March 2025

    We Are Here. This newsletter is neither late, nor behind schedule. That’s what I try to tell myself. There is no schedule besides the intention to publish some words and a few links once a month. The effort might be my life’s work but it’s not my job; not how I make my living. Rather,…

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