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Awaiting Victory of Another Kind at World Cup
Who would imagine that an international sporting event will be the next battleground in the fight against authoritarian repression?
Yet...
Best Job Ever: How to be a Good Grandparent
It is a pleasure to say that having three grandchildren in one’s mid 70s is glorious in all ways.
I...
Megalomania: With Trump, the Signs are Undeniable
Although Donald Trump has never been modest about his abilities or reluctant to exercise personal power, during his second...
Hammer Time: Destroy Your Phone Habit—or Your Phone
In the ’90s I frequented a long-gone cafe where an elder busser would advise, apropos of nothing, that the...
Future Perfect: Black, White and Read All Over
I have spent my entire career weathering the vicissitudes of the media game—from classified ad-eating Craigslist in the early...
Visualizing Reform: Preparing for Post-Scandal America
After several decades of gross misbehavior on the parts of three branches of government, the American people appear to...
Why the U.S.-Iran Talks Failed
The first face-to-face high-level talks between the U.S. and Iran since 1979 have ended without agreement. Hardly surprising; both...
