Communication and Change
As we risk obliviously repeating catastrophic mistakes others have already made, some thoughts about memory and freedom, from people who know the precious value of both... Most of us in the U.S. have been spared the necessity of knowing history, … [Continue reading] about Will we survive “the desert of organized forgetting?”
On recent episodes of Dastardly Cleverness in the Service of Good (available on all apps and now on YouTube): How to win elections so we still *have* elections, featuring two guests with experience at all levels of politics going back to the … [Continue reading] about On the podcast: The Rise of Tyranny, What to Know About Tech and Kids, and more
I spoke recently with reporter Antonio Fins for the Palm Beach Post and USA Today network (there's a non-paywalled version at the The Destin Log) about how the increasingly extreme positions of Republican leaders like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis … [Continue reading] about GOP Extremism Expands the Democratic Map
It’s 14 years since the first Obama inauguration. It's time that seems to have flown by, while also spanning an epoch. I took this photo at the Obama campaign Inaugural ball, and it just popped up as a Facebook Memory. The happiness in those … [Continue reading] about Since Obama, is it all downhill for liberalism?
Some powerful conversations on the Dastardly Cleverness in the Service of Good podcast lately, including my interview with writer Sam Quinones about the heart-breaking destruction caused by synthetic drugs like fentanyl—and the hope offered by some … [Continue reading] about On the podcast: The synthetic opioids crisis, why democracies fail, rewriting Russian reality & more