Politics and Society
Containing posts discussing social issues and theory, political issues and theory, and the occasional affair with economics.
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The Young Jews of New York
Nearly five months in New York, and I feel like I’ve started to get acquainted with some of the social worlds humming and shifting in this city. The civic technologists, urban planners, activists, med students, jewish philanthropists, and orthodox. Getting… Continue reading
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A Veteran Israeli Soldier’s Take on Syria, as Told Over Cigarettes
On Thursday night my family had dinner at my Israeli cousin’s house. She’s a young mother, with three adorable children (aged 2 months to about 5 years) and a fascinating, iconoclastic husband. This man is full of opinions, and when he, my… Continue reading
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Art by Majority, III
This is a post I drafted back in May 2012, but forgot to actually publish. It’s the third installment of a three-part series (part 1, part 2) on the political dynamics of art in housing co-operatives. I can’t seem to… Continue reading
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Final Travel Article is up on HuffPo
I wrote a big sort of “lessons-learned” blog post for the Huffington Post’s travel blog (where I’ve been an erratic fixture this past half-year) summarizing some of the lessons I’ve learned over this past year of traveling. I’m quite pleased… Continue reading
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First Impressions of “Sex, Ecology, Spirituality”
I’m about a third of the way of Ken Wilber’s Sex, Ecology, Spirituality, and I wanted to take some time to note my impressions before going further. It’s a remarkable book and he presents a remarkable view of the world:… Continue reading
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Sharing: “An Education for Empire”
An Education for Empire: The Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Ford Foundations in the Construction of Knowledge I just finished this excerpt from the Canadian “independent researcher” Andrew Gavin Marshall concerning the role of three major American foundations in shaping the social… Continue reading
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The Dogs Have Balls
This post is a (lengthy) excerpt from a letter I wrote to a good friend summarizing some of my impressions of the poverty of India and reflecting on the work I did with the kids at the school. I’ve chosen… Continue reading
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माया
I’ll preface this by saying that that this post took me about two months to finally finish, and was a struggle almost every step of the way. I’m always cautious of intending one meaning and inadvertently causing people to hear… Continue reading
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