Saudade for sanity: missing the rebels in an echo chamber of nonsense

As an America under assault by corruption and complicity faces the hijacking of its democracy by a reality-show host, some voices of eloquent protest are notable for their absence.
Former U.S. President Barack Obama shares a meal with the late Anthony Bourdain in Vietnam in 2016.
Watching Anthony Bourdain lope his way around Lisbon the other night as a way of reconnecting with a mask-less, unrestricted, pre-pandemic reality, reminded me of just how much his voice is missed during the most globally consequential U.S. el...

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