Politics

  • The Fly in the Ointment

    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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  • Lend Them Your Ears!

    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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  • Never Surrender your Agency

    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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