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Bonfire of the Principles
“And, of course, 2012 offers nothing like the ecstasy of taking part in a historical advance: the reëlection of the first African-American President does not inspire the same level of communal pride....
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Spare the Rod, Spoil the Racism
“It is tough to watch another person being beaten. And I’m not a proponent of what some might view as child abuse. But when the person being beaten is harming his community and his future and the...
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Where the Safe Things Are
“We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.” –Tennessee Williams...
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Between Yale and Me
We’re only young and naive still We require certain skills The mood it changes like the wind Hard to control when it begins –”Young Blood,” The Naked and Famous “A story can take you through a whole...
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Like Honey for Flies: A Lesson from Derek Black
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal… When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I...
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The Tyranny of Social Justice
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The...
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It’s Not Racist To Want Respect
“I am interested in him for love of myself, and the reason for the precept is in nature itself, which inspires in me the desire of my well-being in whatever place I feel my existence.” –Jean-Jacques...
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2016: The End of All Things
“Not everything is a god that failed.” –Tristyn K. Bloom “Drain the swamp! End bigotry, patriarchy, and oppression forever!” As the votes keep rolling in from Donald Trump’s election, I wound up in an...
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14 Words of the Marginalized and Insecure
“I know we talk a lot of sh*t on the Internet, right, but…our enemies just will not stop. What options do we have left? If somebody would like to inform me of that, then I would be grateful.”...
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Go Be a Watchman
“For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.” -Isaiah 21:6, KJV “Remember us better than we are.” -Vincent Brand to Caliban, Penny Dreadful...
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