Recently, I had the opportunity to podcast with Shirin Neshat, acclaimed visual artist, and Jonathan Burnham, one of the leading New York-based book...
“Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore” – Reflections on a Changing Culture
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Articles
War With Russia?
“It doesn't matter if it's Russia or if it's China or if it's Iran, it's a threat against all of us, and we should do something together to secure...
Reimagining the Middle East
“There was a moment where Israel was contemplating annexing lands in the West Bank. I thought that was going to have a drastically negative impact,...
Democracia en Peligro
Latin America is in trouble. From the Rio Grande to the Drake Passage, angry and violent partisanship is rising; citizens feel their governments...
Understanding Africa
“The first draft of history is always going to be very messy.” — Michela Wrong Human life originated in Africa, and humanity’s future will be...
Mirabilis annus secundus
“The second part of the second years prodigies being a true additional collection of many strange signs and apparitions which have this last year...
Fixing what’s broken
Is democracy in trouble? The evidence so far this year is troubling: January 6th in Washington, coup in Myanmar, widening arrests in Hong Kong,...
Teach Your Children Well
“Malala Fund has a very, very simple philosophy…the right of every citizen to have 12 years of safe, quality, and free education available to them.”...
‘The Fortune You Seek is in Another Cookie’
“If China can rise smoothly to the top of the world without firing a single bullet, it will certainly be able to claim the moral high ground. This...