Here’s some hubris for you. I’ve never had a work of fiction published but I’m going to go ahead and trash an actual, award-winning no less, author. Irish writer Colum McCann wrote a column for the Guardian recently on tips for aspiring writers and, well, they aren’t great. He opens his essay, unironically, with a … [Read more…]
I was reading a blog post written by a friend this week. She’d recently returned from a trip to what is often called a developing country. While there, she met with a group of people from a minority sect. She expected to share with them feminism and be a shiny example of what an enlightened … [Read more…]
Trump wants to drain the swamp. He wants to run government like a business. Hell, he thinks just about everything is broken and that he can fix it. He pledged to even fix the world, fast. He’s not the only president to promise to improve the state of government. Barack Obama also pledged reform the … [Read more…]
Part of the Dutch integration package now includes a loyalty pledge. (If you listened to the Dutch News Podcast this week, you probably have a sense of how I feel about this. Or read the title of this post.) 1. There is zero evidence loyalty pledges work. Ask Trump how that worked out for him. … [Read more…]
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