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Love the One You’re With
Let me just put this right here: I would prefer an embalmed Joe Biden propped up in a wingback chair to Donald Trump on his best day – if there is such a thing. The brouhaha brought on by the…
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Uncomfortable Truth
We Americans have a serious incapacity for introspection. The so-called retaliatory strikes in the last 24 hours are a case in point. A disclaimer to at least limit angry responses: I don’t intend to minimize the impact of rabid fundamentalists…
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Fear the Idiotocracy!
There are many legitimate concerns that we are drifting – perhaps plummeting – toward autocracy. Certainly Donald Trump’s declaration of dictatorial intent is a flashing warning sign. There are also legitimate concerns of a steady drift toward theocracy, given the…
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Heroes and Holidays
In the world of important diversity and justice work there is a regular admonishment against the Heroes and Holidays approach. And here we are, on a Hero and Holiday occasion – MLK Day. The admonition arises from the notion that…
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Autocracy or Meritocracy?
During a fascinating podcast with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, colleague Rachel Maddow made an interesting point, supported by multiple historic references. She observed that autocrats or fascists like Mussolini and Hitler didn’t sway the masses because of their charisma or potent…
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Whose Speech Is Free?
Reading about or watching the news these days is like the old game that asks you to find “how many things are wrong in this picture?” In the matter of Elise Stefanik vs. the Ivy League, perhaps too many wrong…
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Who Politicizes Identity?
Recent New York Times columns by David Brooks and Pamela Paul identified what they believe is a chasm between “liberalism” and “progressivism.” Their theses are echoed throughout the media, often in allusion to stultifying political correctness on college campuses. Typically,…
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We Are Barbarians Too
As the human toll mounts in Gaza, the irrational justifications for, and execution of, war are front of mind. I won’t wade into the complex history of the region or opine one way or another on the oppression or bigotry…
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Bonfire of the Humanities
They are not called the “Humanities” for nothing. The latest debate on college campuses, perhaps rivaled only by the corrosive tension around anti-Semitism, is the dismal state of the humanities. A recent New York Times piece reported the nationwide assault…
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America Has a Mental Health Problem
“It’s a mental health problem.” That and the usual “thoughts and prayers.” If there is a God, she must be tiring of this endless flood from the United States. This was the response from many GOP politicians to the mass…
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