Issue 19
The Gardeners' Dirty Hands
On Wednesday evening, we had our discussion of Chapter 3 of The Gardeners' Dirty Hands, focused on global environmental governance and "the Macondoization of the World." (Which reminds me to recommend Alvaro Santana-Acuña's book, Ascent to Glory: How One Hundred Years of Solitude was Written and Became a Global Classic.)
Pick up a copy of The Gardeners' Dirty Hands and join us for a discussion of Chapter 4, on the cruciform imaginary in environmental politics, on Wednesday, the 28th.
Links
- Here's another piece correcting misperceptions about a mass exodus from urban centers.
- The Ford Foundation counts Chicago's National Museum of Mexican Art among "America's Cultural Treasures." Read about it now. Make plans to visit the museum after the pandemic.
- "From Chicago to Oaxaca." This episode of Latino USA is about the impacts of pandemic on a family on both sides of the border, and the efforts of the family to repatriate the bodies of their deceased relatives.
- Two pieces about the effects of the pandemic, the economic downturn, and remote education on poor students: One about students in the United States and another about students in Peru.
- From the archives: "School's Out," my review of Bryan Caplan's "The Case Against Education," which originally appeared in The Hedgehog Review.
Recommendations
Listen to this
- Kamasi Washington's' The Epic
Cook this
This tomato-basil (ever so slightly changed from a recipe in Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa Family Style was the centerpiece of brunch today.
Served with it (among other things): Honey-sriracha candied bacon. Just take any candied bacon recipe, reduce the amount of brown sugar, add honey and sriracha, and enjoy.