Manufacturing industrial quantities of national cynicism comes with a high price tag paid for in national unity and trust.
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A 17th century educational network could offer an alternative to universities under ideological attacks from the right.
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How a couple of students with too many books went and created their own public library.
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The idea of “garden” as a civilization’s founding metaphor would have been astonishing in the late 6th century BCE. It is no less so today.
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A bracing and sobering look at how cyberwarfare and cybersecurity have changed over the last several decades.
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News is a vital nutrient of the body politic. Without accurate information, democratic societies cannot survive, let alone produce the “alert and knowledgeable citizenry” necessary for their survival.
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By Sheldon Greaves The national upheaval caused by the murder of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin has dominated the headlines for the last few days, and rightly so. You can almost feel a qualitative difference in the anger, … Continue reading
There are moments when you can feel in your bones that everything is about to change. The ancient Greeks had a word for this particular, special moment: Kairos.
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Any society will have its biases and seams between different segments. Authoritarian leaders in particular make extensive use of divisive rhetoric in order to promote internal conflict that renders a population more amenable to control.
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An unelected, hyper-powerful oligarchy now wields vast unimpeachable power, with no accountability or even any expectation or obligation to govern.
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