Splendid wrap of the year! I'm far from becoming a parent (or deciding not to become one), at least as my life planning goes, but Bruenig's essay and yours on that topic were among the most illuminating essays I read this year, in a year when I read a lot of essays to pass a protracted pandemic. (Now pssst, the link over "on Hamlet and Ecclesiastes" goes to "Arguing with Ross Douthat about Religion Again.")
Splendid wrap of the year! I'm far from becoming a parent (or deciding not to become one), at least as my life planning goes, but Bruenig's essay and yours on that topic were among the most illuminating essays I read this year, in a year when I read a lot of essays to pass a protracted pandemic. (Now pssst, the link over "on Hamlet and Ecclesiastes" goes to "Arguing with Ross Douthat about Religion Again.")