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A news and politics junkie with an endless interest in international news and progressive politics. Here you'll find the stories that should be on your radar.

My Bookshelf: Currently Reading

The Future of Power

by Joseph S. Nye Jr.

This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

by Carmen M. Reinhart

Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

Already Gone

by John Rector

Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution

by Diane McWhorter

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Mark at Tumblr

One of the perks of being an early employee at any startup is the email address, and for the past three years my nom de Tumblrmail has been mark@tumblr.com....

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So we (parents and I) organized a first-day-of-summer water balloon fight for the neighborhood kids. The big kids got off the buses first and waited for the younger kids (like...

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I can’t add much to what’s already been (and will be) written about Michael Hastings. I will just say that he had one of the most incredible smiles. There was something so...

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Michael was no stranger to trying to make sense this kind of tragedy nor was he unfamiliar the emptiness felt in the wake of a senseless, random death. After all, he’d already...
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Happy Father’s Day to me!

Here are pictures of me with my kids when they were adorable babies. Also, more recently, as adorable slightly older children.

[Last year’s...

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“The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions.”

“I don’t believe there’s any problem in this country, no matter how...”

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The Father of His Country: Not Actually a Father

George Washington was the Father of His Country and remains a paternal figure to generations of Americans. However,...

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seaofgreen:

It’s so lovely to actually see happy Iranians after an election. What a difference from four years ago. Love.

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I'm Teaching My Son To Be A Tattletale

Our culture doesn’t approve of tattletales, which I suspect is why we’re so quick to demonize whistleblowers. But I’m bucking that trend...

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Telecoms Face Limited Legal Recourse in Orders for Records - Risk & Compliance - WSJ

The news, first reported by The Guardian, that Verizon Inc. was served with a...

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