Archive - The Bloom Briefing

D/democratic Failure

How Joe Biden and Democratic Leaders Failed to Rise to the Political Moment and Achieve the Singular Objective of Restoring Small-D Democratic Values

Jan 21 •

November 2024

Well This Is Bad

Processing the Election and Preparing for the Work to Come

Nov 7, 2024 •

August 2022

4 Easy Steps to a More Fulfilling Life

I Promise this Isn’t a Self-Help Blog

Aug 22, 2022 •

June 2022

Mountains, Lakes, and Body Aches

Hiking the Canadian Rockies

Jun 16, 2022 •

May 2022

Notes from an Ever-Present Past, Part 3

May 18, 2022 •

Tilting at Statues

Notes on an Ever-Present Past, Part 2

May 3, 2022 •

April 2022

Dancing with Ghosts

Notes on an Ever-Present Past, Part 1

Apr 26, 2022 •

Behaving Ethically During a Pandemic

Our responsibilities to each other have changed; our goals should too

Apr 20, 2022 •

Plazas, Piazze, Plätze, Places

Observations on a different attitude toward productivity, leisure, and public space

Apr 15, 2022 •

The Bloom Briefing Goes to Europe

A subtle shift of emphasis to write more about life and meaning

Apr 11, 2022 •

October 2021

Riyadh upon Tyne

What it Means for MBS to Buy an English Football Team

Oct 11, 2021 •

June 2021

Tax the Wealthy

Bloom Briefing 62: ProPublica's Exposé and the Need for Reform

Jun 14, 2021 •

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