Lepore, Jill. This America: the Case for the Nation. Liveright, 2019.

Great civics primer—160 pages. Intended as an antidote to ethnic nationalism. In fact, Lepore believes that honest history is the antidote to ethnic nationalism.

Snide, Clem. “Roger Ebert.” 2022.

I think this song really helps put things in perspective. About a mystical note Roger Ebert wrote his wife about The Beyond while he lay dying. Pema Chodron says in the title of one of her books, How You Live Is How You Die. I think Roger Ebert Loved his wife; I hope everything is ok with him, however he is now.