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Outrage>Courage>Healing (opens the original)
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Do you remember what outraged you yesterday? Do you remember what outraged you last week, month, year?Friday’s outrage was Trump’s renewed threat to demolish the Kennedy Center in Washington DC if he can’t put his name on it. Thousands of Washingtonians turned out to protest.By nightfall there was a new outrage: Trump banned CNN, Politico and MSNOW from the White House. Free Press Under Assault!!! There were no details of course, just his nibs being himself, deflecting by changing the subject.</
A Brief Final 9/11 Anniversary Thought (opens the original)
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I’m locked out of my laptop and Apple seems in no great hurry to help me get back in so this week's newsletter will be brief because I find typing on my phone to be torture.This is a screenshot of this morning's NY Times report on yesterday's 9/11 memorial service. I found it remarkable.<div class
9/11 “This Changes Everything”or Did It? (opens the original)
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At the end of that day, the BBC World Service program Newshour caught up with me at my hotel in Boston. “This changes everything,” I told the presenter. Now I’m not so sure. <img a
Kurdistan: I Love You (opens the original)
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Of all the places I’ve reported from, Kurdistan is the one that really got under my skin. Thirty years ago this week I made my first trip there.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1536" src="https://substack
A Dialogue With Bill Gates (opens the original)
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates published this brief essay yesterday. If I could interview him these are the points I’d like to take up.<source type="image/w
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