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Ernest Hemingway is famous for the terse economy of his writing. And in one of the most resonant examples of that quality, he captured the essence of catastrophic failure in just a few words, in his novel The Sun Also Rises. The alcoholic veteran Mike Campbell is asked how he went bankrupt. “Two ways,” he says.…
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Confused About the Gaza Protests? This May Be Why.
Much of the confusion about the campus Gaza protests, and about many other issues, can be traced to a basic conceptual mistake made a long time ago. That’s the assumption that all political opinions can fit on a single, imaginary line, from left to right.
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Can we remember how to be free?
As we risk obliviously repeating catastrophic mistakes others have already made, some thoughts hear about memory and freedom, from people who know the precious value of both. You…
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Mike Madrid & Zach Friend on Election ’24
https://youtu.be/MIK1SJKqRwU Podcast version: Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any podcast app, or right here: If you wanted to,…
Luke Freeman of Giving What We Can
https://youtu.be/-8fSekZT0TM?si=ySmH7A2NYR0L3XDA Podcast version: But it’s also true that people around the world still feel a powerful drive to help others, like they…
Here’s What Cynics Get Wrong About Politics
Listen to this episode on any podcast app, or watch it at YouTube: There are lots of reasons to be cynical about…
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