All posts filed under: The Times We Live In

Belief in a common purpose

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The New Deal should serve as inspiration for our response to today’s crises.

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Phone calls can produce anxiety. They can also be the best way to reach out to someone who needs a human touch. Take that chance.

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In a powerful first Senate speech, Raphael Warnock suggests that when we vote, we pray.

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Timothy Snyder and Lewis Lapham on the response to tyranny and the hard labor of democracy.

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Understanding compromises made for unity is the start to addressing the underlying causes of our cleavages.

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Hate language in government documents; framing as if the murder victim is on trial; faux outrage: words matter.

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Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Dolly Parton: both global yet grounded in place.

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Reducing the gaps between ourselves and others can only come when we live life up close, giving full attention to the world’s detail.

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When a situation seems hopeless, then you are the hope. When everything looks dark, you must be the light.

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Presidents Day thoughts: extraordinary presidents can come from and be shaped by ordinary places.