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    The Sun Interview

    Sticks And Stones

    Yascha Mounk On The Erosion Of Good-Faith Discourse In America

    It’s hard to be optimistic about this country overcoming its current political challenges without some disaster happening.

    By Daniel McDermonApril 2022
    Sticks And Stones
    The Sun Interview

    Something In The Water

    Robert Bilott On Corporate Greed And Chemical Contamination

    The cows were getting sick and wasting away. They were developing tumors. Their teeth were turning black. Calves were stillborn or born with cloudy or deformed eyes.

    By Tracy FrischMarch 2022
    Something In The Water
    The Sun Interview

    Gray Matter

    Daniel J. Levitin On Why Memory Isn’t So Black And White

    Seeing and hearing are selective. We register what is needed at the moment and unconsciously ignore other input. It may seem that our eyes are like a camera and our ears are like microphones, objectively recording everything, but . . . our senses are not at all like those devices.

    By Mark LevitonFebruary 2022
    Gray Matter
    The Sun Interview

    The Desert Within

    Douglas Christie On The Power Of Silence And Contemplation

    There was a value placed on listening as closely as possible to the mysterious silence that supports existence, which is both the actual silence of the desert landscape and the silence of the self in contemplation.

    By Leath ToninoJanuary 2022
    The Desert Within
    The Sun Interview

    The Elephant In The Room

    Rick Perlstein On The Evolution Of The American Conservative Movement

    In a lot of ways the start of the Civil War at Fort Sumter in 1861 found its modern parallel on January 6, 2021.

    By Jeff WeissDecember 2021
    The Elephant In The Room
    The Sun Interview

    The Best Defense

    Paul K. Chappell On The Urgent Need For Peace Literacy

    The most dangerous weapons of war in the twenty-first century are not bullets and bombs; they are the weaponization of this rage, mistrust, alienation, and other tangles of trauma, which make all forms of violence more likely.

    By Leslee GoodmanNovember 2021
    The Best Defense
    The Sun Interview

    Displaced

    Graham Pruss On Why More People Are Living In Cars And RVs

    To insist that people who have a mobile shelter are “homeless” not only denies that their shelter can be a home; it also has the potential to deny their humanity, because it insists that they are incapable of making a home.

    By Thacher SchmidOctober 2021
    Displaced
    The Sun Interview

    The Longest Road

    Margareta Matache On The Persecution And Perseverance Of The Roma

    I think it is fascinating how the Roma, a people who have continuously moved or been expelled from one country or another, and who have been often denied the use of their language, have managed to hang on to a sense of Roma-ness, if you will.

    By Finn CohenSeptember 2021
    The Longest Road
    The Sun Interview

    Sent Away

    Kenneth R. Rosen On The Troubled-Teen Industry

    Some of these children do need help, but is this the right type of help? Over the years counselors have been charged with sexual abuse, physical abuse, and predatory behavior.

    By Finn CohenAugust 2021
    Sent Away
    The Sun Interview

    High Time

    Alyson Martin And Nushin Rashidian On The Move Toward Legalizing Cannabis

    Cannabis is legal in Canada for both adult and medicinal use. Mexico could legalize cannabis by the end of this year. The United States is going to be squeezed on both sides, with Americans vacationing in Cabo San Lucas and Montreal, using legal cannabis, and perhaps wondering why their own country isn’t moving forward with similar policies.

    By Mark LevitonJuly 2021
    High Time

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