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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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