Alex Boney
On Hearing (and Not Hearing) the Bells on Christmas Day
On Christmas Day 1863, American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow had every reason to feel discouraged and withdrawn. His second wife,...
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Alex Boney
Sep 9, 2020
Revisiting Things I Wasn't Ready For
A neighbor who's taking an English class this semester asked me about Walt Whitman's "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" today. It's been probably...
Alex Boney
Aug 2, 2020
There and Back Again
The NASA astronaut crew that manned the SpaceX Dragon capsule returned to Earth today after a two-month mission. I wrote this piece...
Alex Boney
Jul 19, 2020
On Not Accepting Gaslighting
The band formerly known as The Dixie Chicks (now known as “The Chicks,” and I’m not going to weigh in on that right now) released a new...
Alex Boney
Jul 14, 2020
The Big Washington Rebranding
On Monday, the ownership of the Washington Redskins announced that they’ll be retiring the Redskins nickname from Washington D.C.’s...
Alex Boney
Jul 9, 2020
Is Small Talk Another COVID Casualty?
Okay, the title of this piece might be a little misleading. I’m not mourning the loss of small talk. I’m generally not a fan of small...
Alex Boney
Jul 4, 2020
A 2020 Kind of Fourth
2020 has me feeling a little bit differently about the Fourth of July. In short, it's complicated. So I thought I'd try to articulate...
Alex Boney
Jul 3, 2020
Who Tells Your Story
I grew up in the Chesapeake Bay area of Virginia. When I was a kid, my local history was basically American history. Thomas Jefferson,...
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