Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
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Forgiveness is one of humanity’s oldest moral instincts. Philosophers, teachers, and communities across time have recognized it as a release, a way to set down the weight of anger and disappointment. Yet forgiveness is not the same as forgetfulness, and it is not surrender. The deeper question is not should we forgive, but when, why,…
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Julius Caesar knew power better than anyone of his time. He crossed the Rubicon, reshaped the Republic, and stood at the height of Roman glory surrounded by men who once called him friend. Yet, on the Ides of March, he learned a truth that outlasted his empire: no one is immune to being outmaneuvered. The…
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Next week I’ll return to the University of Michigan’s Department of Psychology for the first time since I was an undergraduate psychology major in the 1990s. Though I’m on campus often, today I’m here for the Purdue versus Michigan game tonight, walking back into East Hall will feel different. It was in that building, decades…
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Yesterday I was on campus at the University of Michigan for a VIP event and announcement that gathered faculty, students, and alumni in a celebration. However, it’s not public yet, so I can’t announce it here. The air in Ann Arbor carried that crispness that only early autumn seems to hold, a mix of clarity…
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History always gives names to moments that once felt impossible to define. We talk about the Roaring Twenties, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Great Depression as if they were simple, unified eras instead of turbulent, overlapping struggles. Those labels compress confusion into clarity. They tell future generations what a time was about—what it fought for, what it feared,…
Cloaking Inequity 