Steve Russell – Medium

Steve Russell

Dead Man Writing, Too

I owe an apology first. I promised I would not bother you again unless I learned something new to me about hospice that might be useful to…

Aug 21, 2021

Dead Man Writing, Too

Aug 21, 2021

Whistling Past the Graveyard in the Hindu Kush

“The difference between genius and stupidity,” says an African proverb, “is that genius has limits.”

Aug 17, 2021

Whistling Past the Graveyard in the Hindu Kush

Aug 17, 2021

Dead Man Writing

Yesterday, I entered hospice.

Aug 14, 2021

Dead Man Writing

Aug 14, 2021

Freshmen, Take History; Graduates, Take Jail

Wherein I attempt to argue that three current events in particular are better understood if you understand the relevant history.

Jul 12, 2021

Freshmen, Take History; Graduates, Take Jail

Jul 12, 2021

Published in
The Polis

When the Death Watch is in a Mirror

Not everybody has signed on to the jihad against opioid drugs. There are dissenters, and I am one, although I’m absolutely on board with…

Jul 1, 2021

When the Death Watch is in a Mirror

Jul 1, 2021

On Juneteenth and Uncritical Race Theory

It was December 18, 1865, when the 13th Amendment — which banned most slavery in all of the nation became part of the U.S. Constitution.

Jun 21, 2021

On Juneteenth and Uncritical Race Theory

Jun 21, 2021

Published in
Lessons from History

Was Biden Pandering?

President Biden’s Memorial Day speech was a full-throated defense of democracy. Was it merely a string of safe applause lines? Didn’t the…

Jun 1, 2021

Was Biden Pandering?

Jun 1, 2021

Published in
Lessons from History

Righting Historical Wrongs

Today marks a century from a wrong that some of us would like to excavate from the memory hole, but the R word often impedes even a frank…

Jun 1, 2021

Righting Historical Wrongs

Jun 1, 2021

Potpourri Flirting With Godwin’s Law

I am about to spew forth a river of loosely-connected thoughts that have little to do with current events or each other.

May 27, 2021

Potpourri Flirting With Godwin’s Law

May 27, 2021

Lucy Takes Washington

I first noticed what was going on during the debate over Obamacare, but it could be I’m just slow. The leader of the Republican Party in…

May 26, 2021

Lucy Takes Washington

May 26, 2021

Steve Russell

Steve Russell

Enrolled Cherokee, 9th grade dropout, retired judge, associate professor emeritus, and (so far) cancer survivor. Memoir: Lighting the Fire (Miniver Press 2020)

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Press
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams