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Celebrating William H. McNeill (1917-2016)
And remembering Bill on Halloween 2025
Published on The Way We Live Now • Oct 31
Last summer's talk by Lake Mansfield
A third-place conversation in a beautiful public space
Oct 30 • 
Karen Christensen
24:57
We all live on Speakers' Corner now
Finally talking about Charlie Kirk, the right-wing "debater"
Oct 26 • 
Karen Christensen
Need a reason to read detective fiction?
Our favorite escape reading is full of third places
Oct 23 • 
Karen Christensen
No Kings to Make America Great Again
As we prepare to take to the streets, a few tips
Oct 17 • 
Karen Christensen
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world
A mystery photo of the young Sophia Mumford
Oct 15 • 
Karen Christensen

September 2025

Hardware store as third place?
Social life is springing up on Main Street, just as it did long ago
Sep 30 • 
Karen Christensen
The Darkness Around Us Is Deep
On finding light by meeting "the other" with open eyes, mind and heart...
Published on Living the Questions with Parker J. Palmer • Sep 26
Hard data for Climate Week
It's science we need now, and open eyes
Sep 24 • 
Karen Christensen
Can we talk politics?
From C S Lewis to Bruce Springsteen
Sep 21 • 
Karen Christensen
Walking in the Silicon Valley
Kids need robust, vital, physical places that they can claim for themselves
Sep 16 • 
Karen Christensen
Why the vegans lost
Have we really lost hope for a better world? Can we find it again?
Sep 9 • 
Karen Christensen
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