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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.
At the end of the day, it’s about what’s profitable, and Cardi and Megan are just giving us what we want because sex sells.
I was shocked but have never forgotten those two simple words at a table in Miami, Florida.
Put the liberalism you praise in your seminars into action.
If voting is all you have or could ever conceive of having, you’ve long lost whatever war you think we’re fighting. Rather than feeling despair about this election, believe in a revolutionary optimism instead. See you in 2021.
To have this sort of trust in your present self is to have, I believe, a healthy respect for yourself.
Experiences like that showed me that humiliation isn't a prerequisite for humility. Individuals can be changed without going through pain.
“I shouldn’t be persecuted just because of my gender! What do these people think I am, a woman?” one man says.
The guiding principle of this nation has never been true righteousness, or even holiness, but rather a deeply perverted sense of piety accompanied by a terrible case of self-righteousness.
Central Campus was one of the final significant reminders of Duke’s roots as a southern university. Ever since West Campus was designed to look like Princeton, we’ve been running from those roots.
That camera shot of you panicking about a logic game on the LSAT? Still hanging out on the virtual proctor company’s servers, maybe even after you graduate from law school.
The nightlife we construct after this pandemic can be different, more inclusive and appreciative of the happiness that socializing brings. It's not just a silver lining, but a necessity in creating communal happiness.
Let’s examine the success of our reopening against more than just empirical values.
