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Once you know it to be unjust, upholding the status quo makes you part of the problem. Don’t be a centrist.
While the outcome of the 2020 presidential election can certainly dispel some of our political anxiety, the fight to address climate change and pollution must persist.
Today, November 8, 2020, of all days, I’m thinking about that final senior column I didn’t write.
It’s been an honor to serve as your plague jester. But I’m tired. I’m ready to hang up the proverbial mascot costume. It stinks in here. And I think the last guy vomited through the eye holes.
Understanding that Christ was NOT a white man who stood for status and abuses of power matters. Actually, it does more than matter; it is imperative.
"Everyone’s trying to rush to a certain destination. Take your time; you’ll get to your destination."
It’s clear that we’re seeing a new path forward for privacy advocates: the ballot box.
When we lose sight of the personality of others and act as if we own everything and owe nothing, we turn from love to hate and violence.
Even after Donald Trump leaves office next year, people will continue to organize on the ground as they have been for centuries. It is our duty to join them.
Losing our ability to share a meal together is going to make this last month really difficult, but following health guidelines comes first.
Vote for yesterday’s tomorrow, today.
Aside from Covid-19 happening, which has found me sitting in my sparsely decorated childhood bedroom day in and day out rather than living the “good ole college experience,” I am beginning to suspect that I wouldn’t have had a Serious College Boyfriend™ anyway.
If you believe that America needs a third party, there’s no time like the present.
We urge everyone to throw their desire for productivity out of the window.
This week, I offer you a place to find hope and community, through prayer.
Shaking off the stupor of late stage decadence is simply too aggravating for an “exhausted” America. Instead, we will resume a comfortable nap, resigned to the fact that this polity lacks the rousing, collective ambition necessary to solve our greatest challenges.
Human bodies, like roots in the soil, are interconnected: we travel together, not one soul left behind.
The reality is, right now, our data isn’t even treated as our property.
Maybe after a break, I will have the energy to present myself constantly to the world, and to receive the entirety of the world in my fingertips. But for now, I’ll enjoy the peace.
