I have been trying to put into words why it is I think everything you've done since starting this substack has hit all the right notes, a thoughtful recollection of what has come before and where we are now, written with just the right distance and perspective of someone who was in it but who maybe is no longer in it (or at least not in the same way). It's the kind of ironic distance that I am looking for. As you see, I can't quite put my finger on this retrospective mood I get but keep doing whatever it is you're doing, at least until I can figure out why I like it so much.
Despite your reluctance to comment on hot topics du jour, would like to hear your take on the university presidents kerfuffle (re pro-Palestinian campus protests and free speech).
I have been trying to put into words why it is I think everything you've done since starting this substack has hit all the right notes, a thoughtful recollection of what has come before and where we are now, written with just the right distance and perspective of someone who was in it but who maybe is no longer in it (or at least not in the same way). It's the kind of ironic distance that I am looking for. As you see, I can't quite put my finger on this retrospective mood I get but keep doing whatever it is you're doing, at least until I can figure out why I like it so much.
Ellen Willis’s essay is fantastic and has long informed my own Zionism.
Despite your reluctance to comment on hot topics du jour, would like to hear your take on the university presidents kerfuffle (re pro-Palestinian campus protests and free speech).