George Blecher Nov 19, 2020 7 min Fragments from a broken mirror Pessimists fear that the Trump phenomenon has not so much derailed American democracy as revealed long-standing problems in the system...
George Blecher Nov 2, 2020 7 min A shining city on a hill. What if anything can American values teach a free Belarus? The United States may not be the best model for a fledgling democracy looking for fresh values. America’s values have never been as pure...
George Blecher Jul 22, 2020 3 min Stunned City After three months away from New York, my first impression was that someone had hit it in the stomach with a baseball bat. The city...
George Blecher May 20, 2020 5 min I Left My Troubled City Behind. Now I Feel Guilty. My adult son, worried about my health, urged me to flee. But New York doesn’t let go easily. I didn’t want to leave the city. If the...
George Blecher Apr 22, 2020 7 min The Confused States of America The first month of the pandemic in the US The Trump administration’s failing response to COVID-19 has prompted governors and mayors to...
george.blecher Apr 20, 2020 14 min Ghosts on the Landing The following is an excerpt from a manuscript called HOW TO BE ALONE IN DENMARK, which centers around a 300-year-old peasant's cottage...
George Blecher Apr 2, 2020 3 min The Virus-Man A guy who says he's the virus-man keeps up with me no matter how fast I run. That's weird because he's sickly-looking, needs a shave, has...
George Blecher Apr 1, 2020 65 min Angst in the Time of Corona JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR: DAY 1 3/15/20 Starting Journal of the Plague Year on the Ides of March. Hmm. Today's stats: USA infected...
George Blecher Feb 12, 2020 7 min Torn-Up Texts and Mini Mike Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address In the midst of a predictably partisan impeachment trial, Donald Trump said not a word about the...
George Blecher Jan 21, 2020 13 min The Shelf-Life of Democracies An interview with George Blecher on US politics in the age of Trump George Blecher Adam Reichardt Media acceleration puts enormous...