Archive - The Way We Live Now

Where ICE is refreshing, not arresting

The impact on the US is just beginning to show

Jul 2 •

Karen Christensen

Who are the men in masks?

Deportation raids and national character

Jul 1 •

Karen Christensen

June 2025

Two items from the US of A

Tidbits of news that speak to a change in our once fair land

Jun 16 •

Karen Christensen

16 days in China, back in the USA

Travels in China along the Silk Road and Great Canal

Jun 15 •

Karen Christensen

May 2025

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'Tis the gift to be free

Voluntary simplicity and the Prosperity Gospel

May 17 •

Karen Christensen

On The Degrading Effects of Life Online

How social media makes us worse people

Published on After Babel • May 9

“What ever happened to femininity?”

And other questions from the sauna

May 6 •

Karen Christensen

April 2025

The importance of beauty on Earth Day

Depriving people of beauty is one reason our world is sadder and sicker than it should be

Apr 22 •

Karen Christensen

Why Harvard matters: A Cartography of Resistance with Keith Grint

Leadership, management, and command

Apr 17 •

Karen Christensen

49:28

A return to China and to Dunhuang

The Silk Road in history, memory, and our common future

Apr 17 •

Karen Christensen

Is the American Age over?

The end of the "greatest country on earth"

Apr 4 •

Karen Christensen

You & the AI piracy scandal

Have your books & articles been pirated & then used by Meta/Facebook?

Apr 2 •

Karen Christensen

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