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Beyond the Clichés of State Is the Blue Pearl
Beyond the Clichés of State Is the Blue Pearl by Robert C. Koehler 1015 words Can politics be equal to the deepest of who we are? Can humanity evolve beyond war? Such questions — I know, I know — are never officially asked during a presidential campaign. That’s not the point of the election: to plunge
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The 50-Year-Old “New” Masculinity
The 50-Year-Old “New” Masculinity by Rob Okun 700 words Since the presidential campaign shake-up in July, the national conversation about manhood is abuzz with talk of a “new” masculinity, embodied by good, decent men like Tim Walz and Doug Emhoff. What’s actually new, though, is what’s now coming into focus: the consequences of years of men’s hard
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The Great Crossing: From Competition to “Coöperatism”
The Great Crossing: From Competition to “Coöperatism” by Winslow Myers 820 words A generation ago South Africa looked into twin abysses: becoming a nuclear weapons state, and race war. Looking into the heart of darkness that lay at the bottom of these separate abysses, they chose the common sense route of dismantling their nuclear weapons.