"No one is crying wolf at this point. All the guard rails of our society have been weakened, with an eye to removing them. Make no mistake: these depredations of the rule of law are precisely the forms that bullies have always taken, and they take shape of rejecting any clear idea of justice."
2025 Holiday Card watercolor. "Look for the Light."
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My December column for ASA News & Notes looks at how Project 2025 has managed to hollow out the Departments of Justice and State.
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Here's our September newsletter, 24 years after 9/ll, looking at some of the 9/11 Commission recommendations and intentions against today's backdrop. "Chaos is not policy."
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Here’s our August newsletter with my column titled “Everything is For Sale.”
Autumn is coming.
The Supreme Court Owes the Country Explanations for Its Big Decisions www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o.... Good job, Editorial Board!
Brave employees at our Department of State. May they be protected.
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Here's our July issue of ASA News & Notes, including a column in which I look at the consequences of ignorant cuts to personnel and budget at FEMA and at the National Weather Service.
16 years later…
Diane Arbus, Everything Everywhere All at Once www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/a...
An unforgettable photographer’s work at the Armory this summer.
Never forget.
Here's this month's ASA column, "Beyond the Pale." At the bottom of the column, you'll find a link to my April column, which I neglected to post earlier. It's called "The Consequences of Chaos."
Thank you to all those who have written me with your comments and encouragement.
Picture of Sandy in the top half and picture of Nicola in the bottom half. The following text is in the center: “Mover and Shakers ‘25: Change Agents”
Library Journal has recognized the iSchool's Sandy Littletree and MLIS alum Nicola Andrews as 2025 Movers and Shakers in the “Change Agents” category!🎉🥳
Read more about their recognition here: bit.ly/437jWX8
It all makes more sense when you realize DOGE was never about saving Americans money. It was about gaining access to your data and building a weaponized political machine to use against the public.
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Our April ASA newsletter, with my column titled "The Consequences of Chaos."
First passport photo.
Hurtling through space and time. Watercolor 2024.
Congratulations Sean!
Welcome Spring! Show us your stuff.
I found this Red Sift podcast on an early Blue Sky post this morning. Corporate governance, risk management, the role of boards, and regulatory agencies loom large in the conversation with Sean.
Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries.
EveryLibrary made it easy to take action today!
action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Gift of The Estate of Joan Mitchell
Joan Mitchell, No Rain, 1976
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Gift of Philip Johnson
Mark Rothko, No. 10, 1950
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