Thank you, Mr. Coates, for Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me was on my reading list for months before I finally read it. Stop waiting. Read this book. I can’t say much that hasn’t already been applauded and […]
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me was on my reading list for months before I finally read it. Stop waiting. Read this book. I can’t say much that hasn’t already been applauded and […]
The acquittal of George Zimmerman in the murder of Trayvon Martin is the latest round of bad news that I have gotten from the States since moving to Taiwan over […]
Words cannot describe how thrilled I am to have gotten the news yesterday that the Supreme Court of the United States declared the Defense of Marriage Act + Proposition 8 […]
In light of President Obama’s impending visit to Israel next month, I was reminded of an article I read some months ago. A family friend sent a piece from Dissent my […]
On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, let us remember all of the brilliant people who devoted their lives to the fight for Civil Rights. Let us look back to […]
I thought that my second post in Taiwan would be about Taiwan. I am not going to pretend that blogging isn’t inherently narcissistic. I am too broken hearted + enraged to […]
So, last Wednesday was the Fourth of July: a day that inspires thoughts of barbeques, beaches, baseball, beer + fireworks! Realizing that I will be in Taiwan next summer, I […]