Looking Back On Where We’ve Been

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  • Setting the Record Straight on Setting the Record Straight I recently found an article in Foreign Policy by Stephen M. Walt, a professor of international relations at Harvard University. Although it may be a few years old, it encapsulates a common sentiment on the left today. Driven by a desire to refute any notion of American Exceptionalism, these critics have developed dogmatic…

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    Every January, people across the United States pause to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a man whose name has become synonymous with justice, equality, and the American dream. Politicians, corporations, and everyday citizens quote him freely, especially his famous line: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be…

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  • In the annals of 20th-century philosophy, few figures stand as tall as Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre. Both men lived through the tumultuous times of World War II, and their experiences profoundly shaped their thinking. For a time, they shared a friendship and intellectual camaraderie that electrified the Parisian philosophical scene. But their philosophical paths—and their friendship—eventually diverged, culminating in a public…

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  • The MAGA Regression Is Not Just A Joke I’m no progressive. I believe in the more readily definable idea of human rights than the amorphous concept of social justice. I speak in terms of reform rather than systemic change. Nevertheless, I share many concerns with historically marginalized and oppressed groups who rightly see that Donald Trump’s return to the White House is…

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  • A Date That Will Be Forgotten

    On December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan attacked the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. President Franklin D. Roosevelt described the attack on Pearl Harbor as “a date which will live in infamy.” At the time, it seemed impossible that anyone could forget the events of that day. It was the turning point that drew the United States into World…

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