Snapshot
The world didn’t end, but…
Shana GoldbergJan 21, 2021
Every job has its regular rhythm as well as its seasons. At the IJN, January is what we call “Rockower season.” It’s when we parse everything we’ve published in...
Overreach
Shana GoldbergJan 14, 2021
Last week I wrote how crisis can be broadening. This week I’m reminded that crisis can be used to gain deeper, possibly illegal, powers. That’s what I think of when...
Universal Basic Income
Shana GoldbergJan 07, 2021
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness,” observed Mark Twain or, to use a cliché with a more positive spin, travel is broadening. We all get...
Cutting and running
Shana GoldbergDec 31, 2020
It feels like the British have a bad habit of cutting and running. Is it a consequence of the country’s political system? Unlike in the US, where a president’s term...
The Broncos stew
Shana GoldbergDec 24, 2020
Confession: I’ve never been a Broncos fan. My first allegiance was to Joe Montana. Later, after he retired and I moved to the Boston area, I became a Patriots fan....
Reading in 2020
Shana GoldbergDec 17, 2020
When this pandemic started, I didn’t think there was any way I would achieve my status as a paid-up member of the “reading class,” as I did last year. A […]
America first
Shana GoldbergDec 10, 2020
A few IJN readers raised some questions last week on our “Readers Speak” page. Did odd things happen during the Nov. 3 election? Were there unusual patterns? These...
‘The Last Dance’
Shana GoldbergDec 03, 2020
What are, uh, rainbow bagels? Is it true that the French start their workday at 10:30 a.m.? And was Scottie Pippen really the 2nd best NBA player — but only […]
Shabbat at David May’s
Shana GoldbergNov 26, 2020
Pardon me, because I’m certain I’m repeating myself, but some stories are worth re-telling. For anyone interested in local history, the story of Horace Tabor who...
Crying wolf…and Nazi
Shana GoldbergNov 19, 2020
Do we err when we associate fascism exclusively with Nazism? When we fail to understand that fascism can take different forms? That it isn’t necessarily accompanied by...
