Thoughts
Essays and reflections on rural life, resilience, community, and what it takes to adapt.
13 items
The Meaning
What we may actually be saying when we talk about trust, and why the difference matters.
The Hearing Was a Failure Before It Began
A clinic closure, a hearing held 30 miles away, and a public process with no power reveal how rural healthcare decisions escape meaningful accountability.
Governance Doesn't Begin With Trust
Why durable institutions need processes that can survive changes in people, leadership, and trust.
What Happens When You Ask
What public governance becomes when questions are managed instead of answered.
Endurance Is Not Resilience
Why longevity and adaptability are not the same thing.
The Light Slips, and So Does Our Nerve
What the northern dark can teach us about courage, preparation, and political denial.
The Season of Denial
Why ritual cannot outrun reality on the North Shore—or in our civic life.
All This, All at Once
A beach, a seagull, geologic time, and the ridiculous miracle of being here now.
An American Jewish Education, Reconsidered
A reckoning with American Zionist education, complicity, and the demands of Jewish tradition.
Interconnected by Default
The ethical complexity of living inside systems and relationships we did not choose.
To Piss Off, or Not to Piss Off?
What progress asks of people working inside the close relationships of a small town.
Never Again Is Now
A letter calling for equal rights, a ceasefire, and a different American posture toward Israel and Gaza.
Why I Do What I Do
A reflection from Haiti on Judaism, community, and the work of repairing the world.