Ehlers on Everything

A collection of personal essays, musings, and questions about life, history, politics, religion and baseball.

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

The Age of Optimism: Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society

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Lyndon Johnson at the University of Michigan, May 22, 1964 For most of my life, I have been optimistic about America. Born at the end of the...
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Saturday, August 9, 2025

Is the Golden Age of American Science Ending?

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Vannevar Bush - American scientist, inventor, and administrator “…basic research is the pacemaker of technological progress.” – Vannevar Bus...
Thursday, July 24, 2025

When Time Stands Still: The Joy of Bookstores

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Old Rizzoli Bookstore, 57th Street, Manhattan (circa 2014) Whenever I journey to a new town or city, one of my special pleasures is finding ...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

A Nation of Immigrants: Has America Lost Its Way?

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“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the hom...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

The Magic of Baseball on the Radio

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Among my earliest baseball memories are listening to the radio on a warm summer evening, the smell of barbeque floating through the air as a...
Friday, May 30, 2025

Good Night and Good Luck - A Commentary on Our Times

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George Clooney in Good Night and Good Luck , Winter Garden Theatre Once upon a time in America, the television news was brought to us by a g...
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