Politics
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The domain where public discourse goes to linger and test its wares has become too crowded a sphere. Moreover, the coexistence of legacy and social media has placed us inside a pinball machine operated by a wizard who refuses to let the small silver orb settle. In my humble opinion, we’re not wired to care…
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I don’t abide by the concept Voting is my civic duty. I vote when a candidate has earned my vote. Moreover, I consider myself politically homeless. I don’t “play for a team.” When one allows themselves to get drafted onto a team (into a political party), one tends to root for that team irrespective of…
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And then God said, “Let there be Baby Boomers.” Apparently, God thought the world lacked grievances. Naturally, I’m being ironical. I’m also referring to the second wave of Boomers, the ones born after 1955, the sect I belong to; I was born in 1962 – the “Boomer” generation officially extends to 1964. Recently, when in…
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The art of foreign policy is a good guy, making a deal with a bad guy, to get rid of a worse guy. The dilemma? Can the “good guy” live with an ideologically misaligned “bad guy” as a bedfellow? Perhaps as important: do we know for sure who‘s who? It’s always more complex and nuanced…
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Many moons ago a woman, on a whim, walked into a room. Our gazes met and we both took off, hands locked, spiraling through the universe. Our first date was chockful of inspired gazes, and laughter from utterances genuinely humorous. Our connection was palpable, our revelations copious. The night ended with her hugging me and…
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I am a fan of the Glenn Show. Glenn Loury is an economist who teaches at Brown University. Professor Loury is also a public intellectual. On his podcast, he has a bi-weekly conversation with John McWhorter that uploads on YouTube every other Friday. It is always enlightening. Their last conversation I feel compelled to share.…
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Please indulge me with a yarn sure to resonate like a fable. It involves a string and a kite. A kite without a string is bursting with ambition but aimless; it wants to go everywhere and do everything; it is analogous to a three-year-old in a grocery store clamoring for pop tarts, Yoo Hoo, and…
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