Monthly Archives: April 2016
the audacity of hope
some men just want to watch the world burn
| Courts must not be allowed to consider matters of great importance under the shroud of
secrecy, lest we find ourselves suddenly deprived of meaningful due process. If we allow our government to continue operating in secret, it is only a mater of time before you or a loved one find yourself in a position like i did |
even a great talent can crash and burn
| there’s a playbook in washington that presidents are suportsed to follow- and the playbook prescibes responses to different events and these respnses tend to be militarized responses; in the midst of internal challenge you are judged harshly if you don’t follow the playbook, even if there are good reasons |
i’ve been getting away with it all my life
| if we’re not talking to the young people in those places because the only thing we’re doing is figuring out how to destroy or cordon off or control the malicioous, nihilistic, violent parts of humanity, then we’re missing the boat |
a majority on both sides of the atlantic believe that their children will be worse off than they are
| despite the us economys recovery, 2015 saw the sharpest rise I nus wage inequality since the end of the great recession |
| western democracy faces no moretal threat. But it is going through an acute stress test. On both sies of the atlatnic, people have faith in their public institiusons. They are also losing trust I ntheir neighbours. Co-operation is fraying and open borders are in question. we can no longer be sure the centre will hold- or even that it deserves to |
there is hope in anger
| her husband, connie, had the same electric-blue eyes as paul newman |
Know the difference, you pleb, always know the fuckin difference
we have become a nation of sheep, and silicon valley is our shepherd
Openness, it has been proven, goes hand in hand with democracy. In a recent New Yorker article, Tom Malinowski, the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, is quoted as having said, “One of our articles of faith here—backed up by evidence, I hope—is that open societies are a bulwark against extremism…” Transparency has all sorts of positive repercussions—states with open and functioning democracies tend to do better economically, too. So, agreed, we need to be able to NOT allow all sorts of secret activities to go on within our government…and maybe in the private sector, too.
this whole digital security and encryption mess
My life is a hashtag 