David Maraniss
@davidmaraniss.bsky.social
Biographer, historian, journalist, professor, grandfather, Detroit born, DC and Madison based. Believer in Smokey Robinson, George Orwell, democracy, freedom of the press,Jim Thorpe, Roberto Clemente. and the Green Bay Packers.
Wondrous sandhill cranes paying their now daily visit to our block in Madison. I love seeing them but worry. Are they here because their natural habitat has diminished? Will ICE rough them up and deport them?
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Wondrous sandhill cranes paying their now daily visit to our block in Madison. I love seeing them but worry. Are they here because their natural habitat has diminished? Will ICE rough them up and deport them?
Yes democracy is collapsing but we arrived in Madison today and the sandhill cranes are in Wingra Park and there is beauty and peace here that an oligarch wedding could never ever match.
June 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Yes democracy is collapsing but we arrived in Madison today and the sandhill cranes are in Wingra Park and there is beauty and peace here that an oligarch wedding could never ever match.
Going back to the great city soon to talk about its history and revitalization.
April 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Going back to the great city soon to talk about its history and revitalization.
Winston -Salem NC.
April 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Winston -Salem NC.
What more will it take? In every possible way, Trump is a despot, tearing apart the constitutional foundations of this country. Now he'd like to ban college protests & send in shock troops - Kent State times a thousand. Every college president with integrity must stand up & loudly denounce this.
March 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
What more will it take? In every possible way, Trump is a despot, tearing apart the constitutional foundations of this country. Now he'd like to ban college protests & send in shock troops - Kent State times a thousand. Every college president with integrity must stand up & loudly denounce this.
Caroline on Bobby.
January 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Caroline on Bobby.
Wrote six books on this keyboard, pounding out so many hundreds of thousands of words that 10 letters have gone invisible. Finally, reluctantly, saying goodbye to it today.
November 19, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Wrote six books on this keyboard, pounding out so many hundreds of thousands of words that 10 letters have gone invisible. Finally, reluctantly, saying goodbye to it today.
Muhammad Ali on Jack Johnson: "They say I'm controversial. They say I'm crazy. But I ain't nothing like Jack Johnson...This man was told if you beat this white man we're gonna shoot you from the audience. He said well just shoot my black ass cause I'm gonna knock him out."
November 14, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Muhammad Ali on Jack Johnson: "They say I'm controversial. They say I'm crazy. But I ain't nothing like Jack Johnson...This man was told if you beat this white man we're gonna shoot you from the audience. He said well just shoot my black ass cause I'm gonna knock him out."