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American Exceptionalism
It is hard - no, impossible - to reconcile the brilliant spring day outside my Colorado window with the brutal images from Gaza and from our southern…
Mar 23
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The Foundering Ship of State
The largely ceremonial and usually useless State of The Union (SOTU) speech finally lived up to expectations. It was a surprisingly accurate assessment…
Mar 11
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It May Be Too Late
A recent column by New York Times columnist David Brooks made a point and missed the point. I’m not a fan of his pseudo-philosophical musings, usually…
Mar 7
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February 2024
Don't Depend on the Courts
Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision to hear Donald Trump’s absurd immunity case is disheartening. Among rationale observers there is little doubt about…
Feb 29
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Play Can Save Us
The numbing ubiquity of human despair and political idiocy is enough to get a guy down. I spend far too much of my retired life with the New York Times…
Feb 24
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Male Violence
A great many of the problems that plague our nation and the world are rooted in a propensity for violence. The vast majority of these problems are…
Feb 18
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Love the One You're With
Let me just put this right here: I would prefer an embalmed Joe Biden propped up in a wingback chair to Donald Trump on his best day - if there is such…
Feb 10
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Uncomfortable Truth
We Americans have a serious incapacity for introspection. The so-called retaliatory strikes in the last 24 hours are a case in point. A disclaimer to at…
Feb 3
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January 2024
In Praise of Jeeps
“Knowing how something is put together is worth a thousand facts about it.” - Jerome Bruner Perhaps no single sentence better captures the essential…
Jan 29
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Damned if You Do - Or Don't
Thank you for reading First Do No Harm. This post is public so feel free to share it. In this week’s New York Times Magazine, Yale Law Professor Stephen…
Jan 25
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Fear the Idiotocracy
There are many legitimate concerns that we are drifting - perhaps plummeting - toward autocracy. Certainly Donald Trump’s declaration of dictatorial…
Jan 20
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Heroes and Holidays
Thanks for reading First Do No Harm! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. In the world of important diversity and justice work…
Jan 15
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