Anne Nelson

2 months ago | the-tls.co.uk | Philippa Conlon |Ben Street |Christopher Howse |Anne Nelson

To access over 1000 book reviews, essays and more, subscribe hereWe tell ourselves storiesWhen to surrender to fictionCharles, the narrator of Morgan Talty’s debut novel, Fire Exit, does not know when exactly his daughter, Elizabeth, was born. For days, he sat on the riverbank, staring at a darkened house on the other side of the water, waiting for it to light up again with the arrival of his baby. It was “Mary’s plan to lie”, Charles explains, “and say that the girl was another man’s”.

Jun 24, 2024 | washingtonspectator.org | Anne Nelson

On May 19 Air Force One landed in Detroit, Michigan, delivering Joe Biden to the Freedom Fund Dinner of the NAACP. It was a classic campaign event, with homage to Michigan state party leaders, an audience seated sedately at their tables, and a series of speeches from a podium. But some 50 miles away, quite a different event was taking place. Hartland Township occupies a highway intersection, midway between Ann Arbor and Flint, with just over 15,000 souls.

Mar 20, 2024 | rb.gy | Anne Nelson

March 20, 2024SOS: Need reporting help? Contact: [email protected] the complicated…that’s our superpower. Until Project 2025 arrived. The 887 page tome that author Anne Nelson calls “The Latest Plot Against America” (Read her fabulous synopsis: HERE) is a densely written, diabolic outline of what radical Republicans plan to do to our country if Trump is re-elected. But it is also densely written, obscure, and hard-to understand.

Mar 13, 2024 | washingtonspectator.org | Anne Nelson

“Project 2025” has been winning an increasing amount of attention in its own right, but it’s actually the opening salvo of “The 2025 Presidential Transition Project.” This comprehensive playbook was produced under the auspices of the Heritage Foundation and supported by over 100 partner organizations. Officially titled “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise,” its perverse genius lies in its sheer length—900 pages, much of it mind-numbing bureaucratic prose. But ignore it at your peril.

Jan 16, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Anne Nelson