Escape Velocity
Mac GanderEssays and notes offering fresh perspectives on politics, society, and culture
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 142 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 2 days ago |
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A Sense of Decency
The lost idea of decency
A friend reminded me today of Joseph Welch’s iconic query to Joe McCarthey, “Have you at last no sense of decency, sir?” and I thought of how I first saw the footage in a middle school social studies class, back wh...
Reflection on October 7
When Hamas launched its terror raid on October 7, 2023, I was staying in a hostel in Porto, temporarily broke and between Airbnb apartments. The woman I loved was just a block away and she had put me up one night, but she had her own tight...
A Runoff In Brazil
My wife Priscila, wrapped in the flag and ready to vote for Bolsonaro
Brazil continues its sport of making a funhouse mirror for me of the United States, in politics at least. In Sunday’s first round of balloting for the next president, Fl...
Brazil’s Election
The view from Rocinha on a rainy night. One of the ironies of Rio is that all the best views are in the favelas.
You wouldn’t necessarily know that a pivotal election takes place in Brazil on Sunday, and it hardly matters in the United Sta...
Brazil’s Elections and the Human Condition
The view from where I have been writing for the past few weeks, not gussied up by sunlight or anything like that
Our bags are almost packed and we won’t see the sunset view from the veranda again, since it is cloudy today, and maybe we wil...
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Background in journalism, creative writing, college teaching, higher education administration. Trained ADHD and writing coach, certified Recovery Coach. Most of life spent in Manhattan or Vermont. Currently live in Brazil.
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