PSA: USA

In which I say vote, yes For all my talk of immigration and expatriation, I couldn’t have a more opportune moment to speak to an urgent matter in my home country: Please, please, please, please, vote. Tens of millions of Americans have already cast their ballots by mail, at a dropbox, or in person. AtContinue reading “PSA: USA”

The Apple of America’s Eye

In which I look at an old legend through a new lens In an example of excellent seasonal timing, today is the historian-approved birth date of John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed. Remember him? The guy who planted all those trees? Yeah, you know him. He was born in 1774 in Leominster, Massachusetts, to…to…youContinue reading “The Apple of America’s Eye”