#Today

Nixon was successful fanning white suburban fears. Many reasons Trump likely won’t be:The suburbs are more diverse.Cities are safer.Threats to suburban exclusion are weaker.Trump just doesn’t know how to be
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He was right there when a lot of the shit that plagues Indian cricket -- match-fixing et al -- went down. He knew what was going on. He knew who
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From Today’s Touchstones: “Our addictive natures have led us men to overemphasize reason and the control it promises. We've become reasonable while discarding the less controlled, creative, humorous, mysterious, and
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Science and scientific practice has never been objective, and that's okay.All the things we love about science are in spite of, and in some cases because of, the fallibility of
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Later this afternoon I’m going to add to this a thread of things my kids have said to me today. Or pieces of conversations I’ve overheard in my room And
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So today I just learned that Starbucks is closer to a bank than a coffee franchise. The chain is so large that 41% of it's customers use their cards/app effectively
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June 23, 2019. This was the first picture that the world ever saw of me as my authentic self. It took me over 3 months of being on HRT to
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you don't have to forge solidarity, or even read and talk about, the Very Smart Men who are saying gross things about AOC and assault today. As so many before
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The violence by THP troopers is beyond words. Today they rushed forward and pushed one of our friends down the steps, bc they said using a bullhorn was “disorderly conduct”.
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Ireland's 938 cases today December 23rd, brings our 14-day incidence to 153.2 per 100,000. That's our highest since November 9th.A thread to offer some perspective. /1 Cases for Wednesday, December
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Do You Struggle With Your Self-Worth?Most of us have struggled with our self-worth at some point in time.And the pandemic made things worse for a lot of people.But I'm going
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It’s Election Day and I’m on the ground in South Philly. Follow along for updates. The DMs are open. Florence Easley, 94, said she wore her best coat to vote
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In 1917, during WW1, Karl Barth recognized that the liberal theology that formed him had very little to say about suffering because of the overly-optimistic view of humanity’s moral goodness.
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The ashes were still falling. I did awful things as a young teen. One of them included lighting a match and setting The Meadowlands on fire. My Dad's reaction when
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When committing to engaging with learning more about race, black history, inequality and engaging in stories, lots of streaming services have begun offering suggestions and playlists, which makes it really
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1/x Short thread on compounders and selling winners. I was inspired by Howard Marks latest memo released earlier today. Hopefully provokes some thought into current >20x sales valuation environment. Oh
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