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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
ALBERT EINSTEIN
Sacking & Sedition in the U.S. Capitol
The events of January 6, 2021 in Washington D.C. echoed those of August 24, 410 in Rome, both for their contemporary symbolism and for the lessons that one can teach us about the other.
Better Angels in the Wings
On the eve of Election Day, let's remember that no matter how dark or uncertain things look, we have it within us to prevail.
Defending the West
A diminishing faith in civil institutions and an increasing sense of tribalism feeds civil unrest, economic stagnation and deadlocked political systems.