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Historian Jill Lepore, author of These Truths, addresses the origins of our modern system of policing.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/20/the-invention-of-the-police

Nothing like history to help explain the present …

Comparative land masses from Visual Capitalist:

Seems like a great question to ask at a time like this.  Some may recall my mention of Jill Lepore’s 2018 historical opus, “These Truths” in a post a few months ago.  My thoughts often return to her analysis and exposition of factors that figured centrally in the foundation and evolution of this country over the past 400 or so years, and especially now in the midst of pandemic-era protests and extreme racial tensions.  To get a flavor of Lepore’s take on things, spend some time on this introduction:

This from writer Scott Woods in a Columbus, OH, newspaper:

(And I thank my friends in Columbus and Pittsburg and LA for specifically bringing items like this to my attention — and many others who keep me abreast generally of thoughtful and urgently needed discourse.)

Here’s how my old friend, Jael G., puts it:

Incessant rain, day and night …