The Ultimate Litmus Test
Support for Donald Trump even in the early days and certainly at this late stage in 2024 serves as the ultimate litmus test of a person far beyond politics.
Are we married to our last names?
With such ubiquity and deep roots, the practice of paternal-based family naming is considered a largely untouchable tradition.
But should it be?
The confusing duality of Elon Musk
Elon Musk is one of the greatest entrepreneurs of our time.
Elon Musk is also one of our time’s most dangerous purveyors of incivility and misinformation.
He has revolutionized automobiles and space exploration, while reshaping the digital town square into a haven for bigots and extremists.
Some days have the power to change everything
Many of us tend to think that milestones like New Year’s are arbitrary. That they’re just days on a calendar and don’t have the power to change much, if anything. What was true yesterday on December 31st is still true today on January 1st, right?
Practicing careful consumption and social restraint
Most of us crave always having something to talk about with others. Yet in an age of constant information streams and countless social outlets, restraint is rare and silence even scarcer.
The antidote to TV news toxicity
One of the most impactful changes we can make to improve our mental health is to turn off TV news.
A thought about empathy.
Who really is “American”?
If the Americas consist of three distinct regions - North America, Central America, and South America - with 35 sovereign nations, just one of which is the United States of America, why is the US in effective ownership of the collective terms “America” and “Americans”?
Abortion and the questions we can ask ourselves
As we take in the thunderous news that the US Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, each of us must grapple with where we stand on the issue of abortion and what those beliefs are rooted in.
Our un-representative Supreme Court
A government “of the people” is when the people in power proportionally reflect, in background and values, the people they represent.
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