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2026

Book Note: “The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State” (2026), by Jill Lepore.original ↗

21 Sept 2026

Headline Reading Distress Syndrome original ↗

9 Sept 2026

Reflections on the Fourth of July original ↗

4 Jul 2026

Changing Times original ↗

15 Jun 2026

Concerning the U. S. Senate Race in Maine original ↗

10 Jun 2026

Notes from Surreal Land original ↗

7 May 2026

Wonderful Transformations original ↗

6 Apr 2026

What It’s Come To original ↗

28 Mar 2026

Never Forget original ↗

13 Mar 2026

Reflections on Reaching 95 original ↗

5 Mar 2026

The Art of Turning Democracies into Autocracies original ↗

3 Feb 2026

A Beacon of Light original ↗

18 Jan 2026

Notes from Surreal Land original ↗

13 Jan 2026

Trump: “U.S. will ‘run’ Venezuela.”original ↗

4 Jan 2026

And so, the New Year begins original ↗

3 Jan 2026

2025

Inadequately Descriptive Headline original ↗

23 Dec 2025

Thanksgiving’s End original ↗

22 Nov 2025

Things that are a disgrace original ↗

20 Nov 2025

Basic Understanding original ↗

13 Nov 2025

Proper Composition of Headlines original ↗

14 Oct 2025

Parallel Perspectives original ↗

24 Sept 2025

Not a Meeting for Neophytes original ↗

2 Sept 2025

Recent Entries in the Dictionary of Archaic Words and Phrases original ↗

16 Aug 2025

Trump and Moral Clarity original ↗

10 Aug 2025

Capitulation, Compromise, and Collaboration original ↗

3 Aug 2025

Trump and Gaza original ↗

30 Jul 2025

Depressing Headline of the Day original ↗

25 Jul 2025

Another Marker original ↗

17 Jul 2025

The Road Back original ↗

29 Jun 2025

Mid-Year Report original ↗

25 Jun 2025

Trump’s Parade original ↗

14 Jun 2025

The Most Illuminating Comment of the Day (so far)original ↗

10 Jun 2025

What’s Going On in South Korea original ↗

6 Jun 2025

Pervasive Moral Depravity original ↗

5 Jun 2025

The More People Digging in a Hole, the Faster It Gets Deeper original ↗

1 Jun 2025

Frogs, Pots, Heat, and Us original ↗

23 May 2025

Slipping into the Abyss original ↗

18 May 2025

A Good Rule To Follow original ↗

9 May 2025

Thought for the Day original ↗

3 May 2025

Risk and Inevitability original ↗

16 Apr 2025

Ignominy Writ Large original ↗

8 Apr 2025

Our Daily Reminder original ↗

29 Mar 2025

What Kind of Country Are We?original ↗

25 Mar 2025

People Willing to Help original ↗

24 Mar 2025

America’s Reputation original ↗

16 Mar 2025

An Explanation original ↗

11 Mar 2025

An Incomparably Sad Day original ↗

1 Mar 2025

This Blog Resumes for a Day original ↗

25 Feb 2025

2024

A Further Note About This Blog original ↗

20 Dec 2024

(One of) the Most Sickenng Headlines of the Day original ↗

13 Dec 2024

The Degraded State of American Culture original ↗

10 Dec 2024

A Note About This Blog original ↗

9 Dec 2024

Trump to His Own Self is True.original ↗

5 Dec 2024

A Problem to Be Solved original ↗

3 Dec 2024

What Does an Oligarchy Look Like?original ↗

1 Dec 2024

Blog on Break original ↗

29 Nov 2024

A Great Enigma original ↗

27 Nov 2024

Encrusted Brains original ↗

26 Nov 2024

Trump’s Requirement original ↗

23 Nov 2024

Distorted Minds original ↗

22 Nov 2024

Outlook and Attitude original ↗

21 Nov 2024

Checks and Balances original ↗

18 Nov 2024

Trump’s Victory, Cont.original ↗

17 Nov 2024

Trump’s Victory original ↗

16 Nov 2024

The Big Lesson of the Election, Cont.original ↗

15 Nov 2024

The Big Lesson of the Election original ↗

10 Nov 2024

Failure to Get an Important Message Across original ↗

9 Nov 2024

Who We Are original ↗

8 Nov 2024

Casting about for Solace original ↗

7 Nov 2024

The Perfect Storm original ↗

6 Nov 2024

An Afterthought on One of Trump’s Recent Foul-Mouthed and Foul-Brained Utterances original ↗

4 Nov 2024

A Final Thought on One of Trump’s Recent Foul-Mouthed and Foul-Brained Utterances original ↗

3 Nov 2024

Further Thoughts on One of Trump’s Recent Foul-Mouthed and Foul-Brained Utterances original ↗

2 Nov 2024

https://edwardpackard.com/6563-2/original ↗

1 Nov 2024

Dictators and Oligarchs original ↗

31 Oct 2024

If Only original ↗

30 Oct 2024

Portrait of a Travesty of Democracy original ↗

29 Oct 2024

Play It Safe original ↗

28 Oct 2024

Possible Explanations original ↗

27 Oct 2024

A Day that Will Live in Infamy in Jouralism original ↗

26 Oct 2024

Enemies Within original ↗

25 Oct 2024

The Real Candidates in the Election original ↗

24 Oct 2024

Shot Through with Rot: A Case Study original ↗

23 Oct 2024

How Sick Is America?original ↗

22 Oct 2024

https://edwardpackard.com/6523-2/original ↗

19 Oct 2024

I’ve Been Wrong about Trump original ↗

17 Oct 2024

MAGA Militants original ↗

16 Oct 2024

Another Day of Ordinary Unsurprising News (Headlines in yesterday’s online Washington Post):original ↗

15 Oct 2024

The Effect of Extreme Wealth Inequality Coupled with Lust for Power Coupled with Lack of Moral Conscience original ↗

14 Oct 2024

“Where is the Fierce Urgency of Beating Trump?”original ↗

13 Oct 2024

People Who Have Come Here from Foreign Countries Are Trying to Destroy America Democracy original ↗

12 Oct 2024

The Unimaginative Framers of the Constitution.original ↗

10 Oct 2024

Musk original ↗

8 Oct 2024

If Republicans Were Honest original ↗

7 Oct 2024

The Old Days and the New original ↗

6 Oct 2024

A Month To Go original ↗

5 Oct 2024

The Debate Storm Has Passed; the Skies Are Brightening.original ↗

3 Oct 2024

The V-P Debate original ↗

2 Oct 2024

Tomorrow’s Debate original ↗

30 Sept 2024

Rising Wealth and Income Inequality Ignored original ↗

28 Sept 2024