Archive - THE UPSTATE AMERICAN

April 2025

When reality clashes with anchored beliefs

What will happen as the turmoil of this presidency confronts the MAGA faithful?

Apr 26 •

If you can't sing, whistle. But do something.

The American resistance to Trumpism is emerging, but it requires full engagement

Apr 19 •

Getting a nation's birthday gift ready

Next year is America's 250th -- but is there any will to celebrate it?

Apr 12 •

If the daffodils can make it, so can we

Amid the chaos of Trump's assault on America, there are reasons for hope

Apr 5 •

March 2025

When talk of a banana revealed truth

And how today's public officials do their best to obscure it

Mar 29 •

Listening to peepers and wood frogs

Trust in the dependability of government is falling, but there are steps we can take

Mar 23 •

Wait 'til tomorrow

Dear Upstate American readers,

Mar 22 •

Hearing a woodpecker and a philosopher

Both nature and literature offer advice on how we can resist Trumpism

Mar 15 •

Trump proves Nietzsche was right

Aid cuts bring turmoil to religious charities. Who will care if even they don't?

Mar 8 •

Of rope-a-dopes and opossums

Hanging back is not always surrender, but a fight for what's right can't be avoided

Mar 1 •

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