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People love a good heart-warming yarn, and I see the appeal. Assessing humanity by its more common tendencies is uncomfortable and self-implicating. But if we can't call out the problem we can't fix it. We can't raise our children with as much focus on grace and empathy as we put on competition and advancement.

This will be a rough draft, stream of consciousness and entirely unedited or proof-read. I don’t have the time. I have work in the morning, and approximately 70 unread emails I should probably at least glance at before I go to sleep.… Read the rest

Whenever I read a book or an article about politicians, it feels like one key thing I’m supposed to take away is their ability to read tea leaves.
Successful politicians are allegedly uncanny in their ability to ride whatever wave is carrying the biggest tide, not just at that moment but in moments ahead.… Read the rest