Category: Wisdom
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First came the Gulf of America. Then Lake America. Trump can alter the map today and AI can teach it tomorrow. Trump is now floating the idea of changing New Mexico to “New America.” He shared an altered map on Truth Social in which “Mexico” was crossed out and replaced with “America.” It would be…
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You can steal history in 0.04 seconds. I was a sophomore at the University of Michigan in 1994 when Colorado quarterback Kordell Stewart launched a football 64 yards through the air on the final play of the game. Michael Westbrook came down with it in the end zone, and Colorado defeated Michigan 27–26 in what…
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A honeypot feels like desire fulfilled, not danger approaching. I’ve been binge-watching Lioness the past week, and I am finally caught up through Season 3. My aunt first told me about the show, and I quickly understood why she thought I would enjoy it. The politics and life lessons come fast. Some are obviously about…
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The world noticed Bad Bunny because he refused to disappear inside it. I first discovered Bad Bunny for myself in December 2019 at Fifty Eight, the downstairs oceanfront lounge at La Concha Resort. A song came through the speakers that immediately caught my attention, so I pulled out my phone, opened Shazam, and learned that…
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If universities refuse to replace research funding lost to political discrimination, they cannot punish the scholars whose work the government erased. This week, I attended a meeting of Cardinal Courage, a nonpartisan, multigenerational coalition of Stanford alumni and allies working to defend academic freedom and resist political interference in universities. As a Stanford alumnus, I…
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