Tim PorterBookshelf — Confidence Man, Maggie HabermanIf you felt you weren’t warned about Trump before, you’ve no excuse not to be now·3 min read·Oct 18, 2022----
Tim PorterBirthday AdviceBorrowing from others, I offer some lessons learned about life in this century and the last·4 min read·Aug 11, 2022----
Tim PorterWhen the “newspaper” cancels the “news”A few weeks ago, the San Francisco Chronicle informed its paying readers — of which I am one to the tune of $1,011 a year — that it’s…·2 min read·May 1, 2022----
Tim PorterHome from Mexico — Comforts and DiscomfortsWhat strikes me when I return to California from Mexico is not presence of affluence, but the extent of it, the width and breadth of the…·3 min read·Mar 17, 2022----
Tim PorterA writer dies, her book is not done, her husband writes the final chapterThere is no more tenuous concept than time. Hours, days and years are inventions of man, an application of accounting and order to a life…·4 min read·Feb 21, 2022----
Tim PorterBookshelf — The Elegance and Simplicity of “Intimacies”Katie Kitamura’s novel is to be savored for is clarity and humanity·3 min read·Jan 8, 2022----
Tim PorterA Poverty StoryCombined with Covid, it’s a killer of children’s dreams·2 min read·Dec 1, 2021----
Tim PorterI’d Like to Thank the AcademyThe list is long and you’re one it — the arithmetic of life gratitude·5 min read·Nov 25, 2021----
Tim PorterMy Oaxaca — The Long Return“COVID arrived in Oaxaca as a ravenous beast and feasted on the lives of the poor.”·5 min read·Nov 20, 2021----
Tim PorterExplaining Trump, Explaing UsBookshelf — Wildland, The Making of America’s Fury, Evan Osnos·3 min read·Oct 27, 2021----