[image: image.png] opening thoughts: Back in the late 80s I read a book by the great educator Jonathan Kozol. A quote that he used to begin his book “Illiterate America” has never seemed so prescient as it does now. It was delivered by the British physicist and author C. P. Snow. “I can’t help thinking of the Venetian Republic in their last half century. Like us, [the Venetians] had once been fabulously lucky. They had become rich, as we did… They had acquired immense political skill, just as we have. A good many of them were tough minded, realistic, patriotic men. They knew, just as clearly as we know, that the current of history had begun to flow against them. Many of them gave their minds to working out ways to keep going. It would have meant breaking the pattern into which they had crystallised. They were fond of the pattern, just as we are fond of ours. They never found the will to break it.” bluesky from Felipe de la Hoz What the right-wing has long understood that the liberals refuse to learn is that if you fight every battle to the hilt you either eventually win or lose having drawn enough blood to make a win likelier next time (while recruiting to the cause) part one: Chuck Schumer Should Resign to Spend More Time With His Imaginary Friends The bad news is that the Democratic Senate leader isn’t up for reelection until 2028. The good news is that he can resign right now, and should do so—twice. Chuck Schumer Is the Weakest Link The Senate minority leader wants to make sure everyone else is fighting for democracy—so he’s not at risk. — Jeet Heer is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation and host of the weekly Nationpodcast, The Time of Monsters <www.thenation.com/content/time-of-monsters/>. part two: “*Are Men OK? <thenation.com/article/society/richard-reeves-profile/>*,” *Eamon Whalen* looks at the life’s work of Richard V. Reeves, the go-to source on the crisis of masculinity in America. *Nation* contributor Eamon Whalen is a freelance journalist covering culture and politics. Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,Jeet Heer, The Nation, Chuck Schumer, US Senate, CR, Are Men OK?, Eamon Whalen
