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The power of vulnerability on the deathbed

The deathbed is a place that is both inevitable and so highly avoided, especially in American culture. But I believe the deathbed holds a space to bring love into our lives in…

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Borrowing from Peter to Pay Paul: Sri Lanka’s Latest Strategy is Celebrated on the Streets

‘Sri Lanka must pay their outstanding and new loans to various lenders for decades to come and must play by the rules of those who come forward to help the country’. I wrote…

Thinking about a drink? Pause for some real refreshment

March may be Women’s History Month, but I read some women’s health news this month that paints a bleak future for women.  First, in 2020, 9% of women overall and 17% of…

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Stop “Playing” the Public School Lottery

This month, thousands of Americans who entered public school lotteries will find out who “won” and who “lost.” We’ve been conditioned to treat public school lotteries like the mega-millions lotto. Some schools…