Month: June 2023

What Rural America Has to Teach Us

Civic service as a way of life.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/21/opinion/nebraska-rural-america.html?smid=em-share

They Fled San Francisco. The A.I. Boom Pulled Them Back.

Tech entrepreneurs who left the Bay Area during the pandemic say they can’t afford to miss out on the funding, hackathons and networking of the artificial intelligence frenzy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/technology/ai-san-francisco-tech-industry.html?smid=em-share

From Tel Aviv to Riyadh

My recent journey through the Middle East was unlike anything I’d ever experienced in a region that has long been my second home.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/opinion/israel-saudi-arabia.html?smid=em-share

“An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.”

— John Gardner, “Excellence: Can We Be Equal and Excellent Too?” (1961)

https://www.youtube.com/live/_bE7jix2ARI?feature=share&t=1869

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2216162120

As the Suburbs Go, So Goes America

America is undergoing a racial and ethnic upheaval that will profoundly shape election outcomes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/opinion/suburbs-politics-integration.html?smid=em-share

It’s Great to Have a President Who Knows When to Shut Up

Politics at its best just isn’t necessarily all that entertaining.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/opinion/joe-biden-presidency.html?smid=em-share