Introduction What if four comedians from different backgrounds sat down to answer a question that politicians have struggled with for generations: Why do we hate people we've never met?It began with a joke.Iranian-American comedian Max Amini was asked what he thought of the American president. Instead of taking a political side, he declared that his job was … [Read more...] about Max Amini for President? Can Love Unite a Divided America?
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Before Yes: A Modern American Story Inspired by Albert Camus
What if the most important moral decision in your life happened long before the tragedy itself? Introduction by By Albert CamusWhen I wrote The Stranger, I did not intend to create a hero.Nor did I intend to create a villain.I wanted to place one ordinary man before a series of ordinary decisions and ask whether honesty alone is enough to guide a human … [Read more...] about Before Yes: A Modern American Story Inspired by Albert Camus
Noah Eckstein’s Harvard Graduation Speech: Understand Without Agreeing
Introduction by Nick Sasaki Noah Eckstein’s Harvard graduation speech begins with a line that sounds like the opening of a joke:A Christian, a Muslim, and a Jew walk into a bar.But he is not inventing a joke.He is telling the story of his own family.His Christian grandmother, his Pakistani Muslim grandfather, and his Jewish grandfather were not symbolic … [Read more...] about Noah Eckstein’s Harvard Graduation Speech: Understand Without Agreeing