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Boundaries Beget Belonging
British private clubs got their start for simple economic reasons. Wealthy English landowners needed to come into the city occasionally for business: lawyers, Parliament, that …
Care is a Risk. Do It Anyway.
We live in an age of automation, globalization, and faceless systems. A world that often feels indifferent to the individual. In this vast machinery, care …
Nobody Votes for Bad Bread
If you’ve been living in Europe for a while, one of the first things you notice when you get to the US is how much …
Culture vs. Command
After World War II, a German officer reportedly said, the American Army succeeds in war because “war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos …
Fighters versus Fakers
In 1918, Eugene Debs stood before a judge about to sentence him to ten years in prison for speaking against the war. His final words …
Innovation is Forgiveness
In every major religion, forgiveness matters. Take, for example, the Lord’s Prayer (found in the Christian Gospels of both Matthew and Luke). “Forgive us our …
Warrior in the Garden or a Gardener in War?
The first German tank of World War II was about the size of your car. The last was about the size of your living room. …
The Hydra Problem
When’s the last time you thought about your car’s engine? Probably not for a while. Most people don’t. Until it breaks. This sort of thing …
We are All Spies, We Just Don’t Know It
For three decades, British traitor, Kim Philby, spied very successfully for the Soviet KGB from the very heart of MI6 British Intelligence, resulting in the …
Take Off Your Shirt
There was a delightfully odd moment during a recent Oklahoma State game. A fan named Trent Eaton made his way to an empty section of …
Enough
Two famous authors were chatting at a glamorous party on New York’s Shelter Island – Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller (of Catch-22 fame). Vonnegut tells …
The Two Headed Horse
Remember that time your best friend gave a toast at your birthday dinner? Remember how it was perfect? Nostalgic stories, inside jokes, the whole nine. …
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