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The Corporate Uber-Elite: Golf’s Most Socially Destructive Club
I never loved the game of golf, mostly because it never loved me, no matter how earnestly I embraced it.Continue Reading
The Path of Old Wars Need Not Run Through Ukraine
Days prior to the invasion of Ukraine, Kenya’s ambassador to the UN Security Council made a poignant moral plea denouncingContinue Reading
F@ck Regular Joe. Buy a Purple Hot Rod.
Don’t get me wrong, a Lamborghini is, hands down, a mint car. I don’t doubt it’s a thrill ride. IfContinue Reading
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The Moral “Hazzards” of Popular Culture
I recently saw a video on my social media newsfeed about a thirty something year-old man who, in his earlyContinue Reading
From Southie to Santa
Read the full short story here: https://bigshorts.home.blog/2021/01/19/from-southie-to-santa/ I remember the day I took the job of Santa Claus like itContinue Reading
The Right View in Myanmar
The persecution of the Muslim Rohingya minority in Myanmar is a horrifying spectacle to behold. The images of villages razedContinue Reading
Keep Telling Their Stories, Joseph Boyden
The public assault on Joseph Boyden earlier this year was as mystifying as it was senseless and infuriating. Out ofContinue Reading
The Struggle is Real, The Effort Worthwhile
It’s summertime up here in the Northern Hemisphere. Despite the countless joys that arrive with the season, for many ofContinue Reading
The Third Person
When my partner and I first began dating, she sometimes referred to herself in the third person. She would comeContinue Reading
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