

Seizing the High Ground
In such a divided world, people are quick to dehumanize, deperson, and otherize their opposition, cutting off all ties. They create insular


Law #2: Keep Your Frenemies Closer
North Korea's biggest problem is its people are starving, on the verge of economic and military annihilation. Trump has contrasted that


An Open Letter to Alyssa Milano
Part of what I've set out to do is to help people see past their ideological differences. To work together to #HealTheDivide and to fin


Crossing the Abyss
When I peered across the chasm, I didn't see a screeching demon, but a human being, just like me. A simple girl just trying to make her


Reflections on the Syria Strike
The real mission was to send a message to Putin, Assad, and Iran that their current behavior was unacceptable. He paced their tone and was


What is John Bolton Good For?
If he had made this appointment at any other time - without first having set the table for peace talks with North Korea - I would have been

Ending the Culture War
We're all reluctant soldiers in a culture war that started hundreds of years ago, by people who are all dead now, of which this is just


A Transhumanist View of "Uncanny Valley"
"Uncanny Valley" is clearly meant to be a dystopian commentary on the potential highlights and pitfalls of a world addicted to vir