Sy Safransky
Sy Safransky is founder and editor of The Sun. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
— From December 2023July 1995
Where The Wind Comes Sweeping
House Speaker Newt Gingrich insists there’s no connection between reactionary rhetoric and reactionary violence.
July 1995This Land Is Your Land
Not surprisingly, they resisted encroachments on their land, first by the Spanish, and later by Americans. Navajo raiding parties regularly made off with the settlers’ horses and livestock, but the Americans kept coming — encouraged by a government that believed in its “manifest destiny” to occupy the entire continent. Finally, in 1864, U.S. Army General George Carleton — who called the Navajos “wolves that run through the mountains” — ordered Colonel Kit Carson to get rid of them.
May 1995March 1995
Just A Moment
The past rushes into the room, breathless, dressed in something outrageous she just threw together.
March 1995Their Turn
To the melancholy wailing of a Turkish flute, the dervishes enter the stage dressed in long black coats and tall woolen hats. It’s a dramatic moment even if you haven’t done your homework.
January 1995December 1994
Table Manners
The full-page ads by big corporations proclaim peace on earth, when all they really want is another piece of the earth.
December 1994I Read The News Today
I’m wary of men and women whose speeches are impassioned but who rarely listen; who know how to save the world but not their own neglected marriages. Rather than face the dark side of their consciousness, they exhort us to march behind them in the lengthening shadows, to live (and die) for their truth (or re-election).
October 1994The End of the Road
Last year, after Norma and I visited Costa Rica at the invitation of a friend, we vowed to return with our three children. We were certain they’d be as enthralled as we were by this rugged, beautiful country, its tropical rain forests and steaming volcanoes and crowded markets. Mistake number one.
August 1994May 1994
Perfect Rooms
The language is so much bigger than I am, so much older, more beautiful. How can I hope to tame it, cram it into a style?
May 1994Request a free trial, and we’ll mail you a print copy of this month’s issue. Plus you’ll get full online access — including 50 years of archives. Request A Free Issue