Or… I ain’t problematic, I have a [group name] friend!! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about in-person exposure to a particular race, religion,
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Category: Demosthenes
Where Are You REALLY From?
Where are you from? You can’t be American! There are people who are so gauche unintentionally. And then there are the ones who know better but purposefully go the other direction…
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Virtual Energy Vampirism in a Pandemic… or Dude, STFU
To what degree have the stresses & traumas inflicted by the pandemic colored our social interactions (esp. virtual ones). How intrusive are even socially-distanced activities and what dis-service can they do to those whose company is so highly priz’d in the first place?
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I am (not)
I am. I am not…
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Chemistry, Conversation and the Theatre of Awkward
Wouldn’t it be nice just to have someone to talk to…. Maybe over a pot of gumbo on a lazy Sunday evening. But I am still picky?
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Happy Father’s Day to the OG Revolutionary in My Life
I’ve been asking myself why I started going to BLM protests this time around. Mostly, #enoughisenough. But also, let me tell you a story
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Trump: Islam Hates Us; Bush: Islam is Peace
“I think Islam hates us. There’s something there that — there’s a tremendous hatred there. There’s a tremendous hatred. We have to get to
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Strong Culture or Lack Thereof
In light of the attack on Barcelona yesterday, I’m once again reminded of the problem of culture, or the lack of strong culture. If
Continue readingPurity Politics and Being All Things to All Peoples
I am tired of purity politics. I’m tired of American political parties demanding homogeneity from their members. I’m tired of being only Democrat or
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America’s Neoconservative & Liberal Hawkishness
I come not to praise resurgent neoconservative power but to bury Donald Trump’s lurching approach to foreign policy. For many of us who had
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