I was Hitler’s neighbor: ‘If he’d known we were Jewish, we’d have been sent to Dachau’(the Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/10/i-was-hitlers-neighbour-if-hed-known-we-were-jewish-wed-have-been-sent-to-dachau

In my Catholic grade school across the street from our house, in the two-week summer camp run by the Diocese, in four years in a Jesuit boarding school, in four years at Notre Dame, in 6 years of teaching in Catholic schools, I don’t remember an iota of progressive thinking. While people are falling out over the Pope dying and the new Pope, Trump got around 58% of the Catholic vote. 

 

Fired Librarian of Congress on losing history during Trump 2.0

https://youtu.be/0GEIXkofoSc?si=r5huv5Zo23RxuNXd

 The Met. I walked by the day after.

 

Bill Gates on why he’s donating his remaining wealth and his concerns about U.S. aid cuts (PBS)

https://youtu.be/R20EPJpIKrA?si=nZ2yhaSSCU1pD0AY

 

The Promise of New York

Other cities have better infrastructure, fewer rats, cleaner streets, plentiful public toilets, more elbow room. Yet people continue to flock here.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/05/12/the-promise-of-new-york

How the Public Library became an American Civic Institution | Full Documentary | PBS

https://youtu.be/w7tRNkiLz9A?si=nY6Uov5m5bhM6Dc-