The Company You Keep: A good reason to do lunch with someone you think is a nut

Social maxims come in 2 flavors.  I’ll use an example because any attempt to explain in abstract terms may appear clear as Mississippi mud. Consider the maxim that says, “Your character is judged according to the company you keep.”  I think it’s pretty safe to say that the vast majority would agree it’s sound advice.  […]

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What Does It Mean to be an Ally? 

by Micah J. Fleck I walk in some pretty indecipherable political circles these days– I care very much about progressive social promotion and science literacy, but I’m also not exactly a “progressive” by one’s modern standards of what a progressive must stand for and believe in. For instance, I have fiscally conservative views for the most […]

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