Author Archives: John Lusk

The Best Place to Drink Is the Emptiest Bar in the City

A lovely essay:

《I wave my hand, and then you see me. Tell me what you’re thinking about these days, and what’s going as planned, and what worries you. Let’s spend an hour reassuring each other. Let’s order another. Give up the idea that the party is someplace else for now. Return, for as long as you like, to the quiet place inside yourself that is always arriving, always traveling.》

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/magazine/hotel-bars.html?unlocked_article_code=BGsgfJTckGmhagDYulLTYCeJCY6blHaM0qkjkoATNS9yIk8MDNqA1pGeDdR6RcmqEya402guucSlw50TAdb0kQhJZM-JiBQ9tj4AORbVhY2-dXpaYom0TD2x0GTF-AvxDTFMgRLaVC3rXKxp3K6WXMjsnSA2-xprKn2OXQZyhcBQrTs1vxl569nwp3-VlaR7rP6glzgCq8So0kt_E294BNd5uDIxyGOiv0-8C4C873H-qJWVRl60PxMZoQLN15_aErbYsh8Z8YlkYc3XyI-mJaNZuByldj-Krz6bcUz0UqQpqwBGatCjvtlIeSA0BfRI7SZ9QMg&smid=url-share

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Analysis: As the nation celebrates Juneteenth, it’s time to get rid of these three myths about slavery | CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/18/us/slavery-myths-juneteenth-blake-cec/index.html

Feel free to actually read the article, but:

Myth No. 1: African Americans were ‘freed’ after the Civil War ended

Myth No. 2: Enslaved Africans came to America without any culture or civilization

Myth No. 3: Enslaved Africans were brainwashed by a White man’s ‘pie-in-the sky’ Christianity