Friday, July 04, 2025
On Independence Day I usually contemplate what the United States means, and how that meaning compares to the reality. I have always argued that the Constitution is aspirational but today it seems that it is no longer even pretextual. Our institutions have failed us, because we have failed ourselves. We can’t know what comes next, but it is going to come as a shock to quite a lot of people. I'm not the sort of person who would normally advocate tearing it all down, but in this case it's been torn down- we have to think about how we are going to rebuild it.
Tuesday, July 01, 2025
June was a good month for live music if nothing else: Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder at Sportsmans Park; Steve Earle at Asbury Hall (not as political as I'd have expected the day after the No Kings protests); and Samantha Fish with Texas Headhunters opening. The Headhunters, sort of a Texas blues supergroup, are worth following up with.
