Sidney Burris

Video: How Trump Decided to Go to War President Trump’s embrace of military action in Iran was set off by the determination of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to end diplomatic negotiations. Our investigative reporter Mark Maz...

The deep history (two months long!) of Trump's being led into the Iran War by the Prime Minister of Israel.

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It's so hard to read history, much less understand it.

Three Observations on the Bisesquicentennial A Survival Guide

My Weekly Wednesday is up on Medium with a lot of help from our old friend, Thomas Paine.

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Better Hide Your Love Away Keeping Your Power to Yourself

My Weekly Wednesday is up on Medium with a little help from the Beatles, Eddie Vedder, and a bunch of monks.

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The Anonymous Dissident American protest in the 21st Century

My Weekly Wednesday is up on Medium, in which I have a go at leadership and resistance.

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The Prime Minister and the Monks Looking for Blessings During Hard Times

My Weekly Wednesday is up on Medium, with a little help from the Canadian Prime Minister and the walking monks.

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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Hope in a Time of Hopelessness Acting with Purpose and Resolve

My Weekly Wednesday is up on Medium, with a little help from Timothy Snyder.

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Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.

BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Thinking About Madame Bovary How Emma Bovary Might Save Us All

My Weekly Wednesday is up on Medium, in which Emma Bovary helps me understand the current assault on our freedom in Minneapolis.

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Thank you! Hope you are well . . .

An Attack on Caracas, A Walk for Peace The Case for the Future of America’s Well-Being

An invasion of Venezuela & an intrepid group of Buddhist monks with their dog Aloka: my Weekly Wednesday is up on Medium.

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Here Come the Commandments The Ten Commandments Arrive on Our Classroom Walls

My Weekly Wednesday is up on Medium, in which the arc of the moral universe seems, at times, ever so unbendable.

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The Gift of Solitude Why We Need It Now More than Ever

A day late and maybe a day wiser, my Weekly Wednesday is up on Medium, in which Rainer Maria Rilke and Herman Melville get me up to speed on the gift of solitude.

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Need to Disappear for A While? George Orwell Can Show Us How

It's Friday, but my Weekly Wednesday is up and riding shotgun with George Orwell.

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Our Beleaguered Ship Of State Riding Out the Storm

It's a few days late for my Weekly Wednesday, but it's up on Medium . . . an overview of Trump's first year in office. The tide's rising and our ship of state is struggling . . .

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To Execute Member of Congress How Propaganda Works

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Sidney Burris’s dispatch this week on the abasement of our public discourse and how to protect against its ongoing corrosion. Thank you once again, Sidney.

To Execute Member of Congress How Propaganda Works

My Weekly Wednesday is up on Medium, with a nod to our brave veterans both at home and abroad.

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What Was Decency? And How Do We Regain It?

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Yes/and: please add to this dispatch from Sidney Burris Michael Walzer’s *The Struggle for a Decent Politics*

A Dream, A Mother, Her Child Ordinary Instructions for Extraordinary Times

My Weekly Wednesday is up on Medium with a little help from Blaise Pascal and a caring mother.

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What They Said: How Words Help, 2 Quotations to Help Us Through Troubled Times

My Weekly Wednesday is up on Medium, in which I allow other voices, for the second time, to say what I wanted to say.

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For the Love of Joy A Fact Sheet

My Weekly Wednesday is up on Medium, in which I make the unlikely case for joy in these difficult times.

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What Was Decency? And How Do We Regain It?

My Weekly Wednesday is up on Medium, with thoughts on the fate of decency.

#BookSky #WritingCommunity

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To hear his name mentioned in the same sentence as the Nobel Peace Prize is simply nauseating.

Harris and Hillary were right about it all. Every shocking prediction is coming true.

With a Little Help from David Foster Wallace Awareness Is Everything

My Weekly Wednesday (on Thursday) is now up on Medium, in which David Foster Wallace helps us to breathe in the air of autocracy.

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Why Art Is Useless And Why It Certainly Should Be

My Weekly Wednesday is up on Medium, in which Elizabeth Bishop takes me and my students to school.

#BookSky #WritingCommunity

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Why Walt Whitman Matters Thoughts on Teaching LEAVES OF GRASS

My Weekly Wednesday is up on Medium, in which Walt Whitman make a case for idealism in less than ideal times.

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