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The Cat Killed Curiosity?
In a war between the sexes, the main casualty is our humanity. “Cat Person” is a relatable short story, but it risks taking curiosity,...

Uriel
Dec 25, 201712 min read


On Monsters and Humans
Salma Hayek’s NYT piece, Harvey Weinstein Is My Monster Too, is terrifyingly moving, and inspiring. It also made me wonder about the...

Uriel
Dec 15, 20173 min read


Journal of the Privilege(d): how we make everything about ourselves, even in War times
Since the start of the Ukraine War Westerners have started their own war of words putting themselves in the spotlight. Does our virtue...

pushpanjalid
Nov 24, 20232 min read


The Dangers of Unsolicited Discourse
The internet is not a good place for high level discourse, especially not on Facebook. Empathy leaves and authoritarianism slips in...
R. V. Blake
Jun 7, 202213 min read


The Participation Trophy: An Existential Defense
In recent years, the notion of participation trophies has become a common subject for criticism and even ridicule, many times in service...
Abarbarak
Dec 6, 20203 min read


Love At First Site
On this Tu b'Av (the Jewish Day of Love), foreshadowing the lunar eclipse, the rising artist, Keshet Leah Abulof (KLA), kindly agreed to...

Keshet Abulof
Jul 26, 20181 min read


Hell is other people(s), but there’s No Exit: On the Return of the Tribe
The triumph of Brexit and Trump is the lazy eye of a perfect storm—populist fears filling expanding cracks in our social contracts. The...

Uriel
Dec 16, 20179 min read


The Liberal Uncanny: Fascism and Freedom at the Heart of Democracy
“I know not what course others may take,” Patrick Henry concluded his speech to the Virginia Convention in 1775, “but as for me, give me...

Uriel
Dec 16, 20175 min read


The Meaning of Life and Death (in Politics)
Irrational! How else can we explain the conducts of Putin, Netanyahu, Maduro, Jammeh, Kim Jong-un, Tsipras and ISIS? But to understand...

Uriel
Dec 16, 20175 min read


Living on the Edge: Israel, ISIS and the West
I had left Jerusalem, my hometown, and Israel, my homeland, before, but this time was more painful, because it was much easier. Two years...

Uriel
Dec 16, 20174 min read


Self-Determination, Redux? Russia's Crimea and the Global Crisis of Legitimacy
The West could have held the upper moral hand in the Crimean crisis, but chose not to. In his annexation speech (March 18, 2014),...

Uriel
Dec 16, 20173 min read


A Rebellious Greengrocer: The Suicide that Kindled the Arab Spring
When the leader of Czechoslovakia’s 1989 “Velvet Revolution” and its former president, Vaclav Havel died last month, many eulogies were...

Uriel
Dec 16, 20175 min read
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