Given the firehose of outrages spewing from Washington, I feel I should take to the streets in protest, but I wouldn’t know what to write on my cardboard sign.
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Values
Category: War and Peace
I thought that by focusing on small, joyful things, I might minimize the horror building in my chest.
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They Say
Sound bytes are eating my brain. Make it stop!
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Here it Comes
History is not written by losers, but the losers never forget.
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Two Days in September
On September 11, I logged into Facebook and found myself scrolling past a minefield of 9/11-themed posts. I bristled each time I saw “never forget,” that war cry without an exit plan. I hated that this national tragedy had come to be an excuse for revenge, and was frightened by how nationalism has hijacked patriotism. […]