Before I focused on communication and politics, I was a songwriter and producer for Warner-Chappell Music and others. I still make music now and then, and the latest song is “Outside in the Rain,” by the Desert Mothers. You can listen here and find out more here. Preview:
The Liberal Backbone
(Find the full post and podcast at Dastardly Cleverness in the Service of Good.) Ever since I published my book Patriots of Two Nations in 2020, I’ve been working on another one — a much bigger one, as it’s turned out. And I’m still … [Continue reading] about The Liberal Backbone
Slowly and then all at once
Ernest Hemingway is famous for the terse economy of his writing. And in one of the most resonant examples of that quality, he captured the essence of catastrophic failure in just a few words, in his novel The Sun Also Rises. The alcoholic … [Continue reading] about Slowly and then all at once
On the Podcast: A Letter to a Friend Voting for Trump
How do you talk to a friend or family member planning to do something you don't just disagree with, but think is morally wrong? I try to answer that question in the latest Dastardly Cleverness in the Service of Good podcast, with a letter to a … [Continue reading] about On the Podcast: A Letter to a Friend Voting for Trump
“The War of the Worldviews” at TedX Pugwash
I recently spoke at a TedX conference on Peace in the beautiful village of Pugwash, Nova Scotia. Pugwash and peace have a historic connection: the Nobel Prize-winning Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs were founded in 1957 by … [Continue reading] about “The War of the Worldviews” at TedX Pugwash