Recently, my father and I took a two-week trip to Denmark and Sweden. Although the trip also involved a tour of the Elsinore castle, a cycling tour of the Swedish countryside, and a leisurely stay in Stockholm, I had an ulterior purpose: to investigate the stereotype that people of this region (but Sweden in particular)… Continue reading Pontifications on Swedish beauty
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Masculinity, fascism, and the green revolution
What happened in Germany in the 1930s can be viewed through a purely economic lens. Germany had lost the first World War, been economically hamstrung by the Treaty of Versailles, and famously, inflation was so rampant that children needed to truck dollar bills in a wheelbarrow to purchase a loaf of bread. When Adolf Hitler… Continue reading Masculinity, fascism, and the green revolution
The view from Prohibition and my thoughts on mass shootings
In the summer of 2018, I was awaiting a friend in a Denver bar when I heard a series of “pop” noises from outside. Numerous times I had heard noises like this and discovered they were a car’s misfiring, but something about this volley struck me as different. I stood from where I was sitting… Continue reading The view from Prohibition and my thoughts on mass shootings
Why I teach at a private school
Spring semester of 2021, I taught for a few months at St. Michael’s High School, a Catholic school in my area as well as a private one. The following summer, I got an offer to switch to Santa Fe Prep, another independent school in my area, this one secular. At the time of my transition,… Continue reading Why I teach at a private school
The world as it existed
I remember the world As it existed in February of 2020. Bustling, redolent, pristine, And open to all forms of experience. In this world, I shook a stranger’s hand upon our introduction. I sat in a crowded coffee shop and read, Music overhead, someone coughing in the distance. I traveled where I liked, Did not… Continue reading The world as it existed
Jackson Holzberg Buckley 