How to tell if you’re a mindless partisan

“Would a person who identifies themselves as “progressive” be more likely or less likely to agree with someone, if that someone was the host of a Fox News show? Most likely, they’d have their mind made up already when they turned on the channel.”

The Darkness of the Outer Cape

“…On the beaches of Rhode Island and Connecticut, there’s always some ambient light from the neighboring towns and cities. On the Outer Cape–that narrow spit of land jutting out into the Atlantic–there’s not much development. In the low light, eyesight takes a back seat to the other senses.”