When I woke this morning, I scanned social media, brewed some coffee and shortly after checked email. I was saddened and shocked to discover in my inbox a news alert that at least 50 people were dead and more than 50 wounded in a mass shooting in a gay nightclub hours earlier in Orlando. The […]
On politics
Let me be optimistic about the times we live in. Perhaps the silver lining to this insane election year is that more people are getting engaged in politics and awakening to the importance of it. Every other week it seems another person in my social media circle posts something starting with “Okay, I don’t post […]
Bernie Sanders, Sweden and New Zealand
I survived socialism. So it’s always surprised me that Bernie Sanders is fond of saying America should look more like Scandinavian countries such as Sweden. Because what’s made Sweden the success it is on many of the metrics Sanders loves to point to aren’t the policies Sanders espouses. On the contrary, the reforms he wants […]
Relieving the relentlessness
Shortly after our first child was born, a work colleague, Paul, shared with me the story of how he’d once been asked by a journalist to sum up in one word what being a parent is like. His choice: relentless. Although he thought becoming a parent was one of most rewarding things he’d ever done, […]
#JeSuisPlatitude – the emptiness of political hashtags
Given the absence of any serious response to ISIL from our world’s leaders, another radical jihadist attack somewhere in the world was entirely predictable. Just as inevitable, following last week’s tragic events in Brussels, were the meaningless hashtags intended to show solidarity with the victims and citizens of Belgium. The most popular – #JeSuisBrussels – […]
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