Culture
What’s going on, who we are, and what the big deal is.
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A room full of clergy learning about changes to their pension fund is the last place I’d look for inspiration. And it’s a pretty safe guess you wouldn’t look there, either. But a funny thing happened. You don’t need to know anything more about the situation than that. It’s the sort of place which suffocates…
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‘Moonlight’ is 2016
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3 min read
I have not been as affected by a movie in years as I was by Moonlight. How it performs at the Oscars won’t change the truth that it is not only a great film, it’s transcendent. Zach Hoag’s review is top shelf and far more thoughtful than the review I never wrote. Except this one simple…
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Seriously. Who? Because I’ve never actually met such a person. At the beginning, in the ’90s, there was a lot of trust. It was new. People were just learning to express themselves. Then there was little trust. It quickly filled with swamp and opinion. And then people started to do amazing things. Like Wikipedia and…
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Agreeing to Disagree
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4 min read
The teacher writes the numbers on the board. 2 + 2 = She turns to the class. Silent. Eyes creep to the corners to see their neighbors. “We’ve gone over this. What does two plus two equal?” A girl in the back, braids clicking, raises her hand. “4” The teacher smiles. “Thank you. Any other…
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When I was a teenager, I was part of Youth Volunteer Corps; a non-profit geared toward teaching youth about community service. For me, it was visionary, collaborative, and remarkably effective. And it always struggled to get funding. As part of a national organization with a common mission to both revitalize communities and build up young…