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Posts published in “Past Opinion Columns”

Valentine

I have always felt a cloud hanging over me ever since I was young. And like a cloud, I’ve had weather patterns of my own.

Talking about mental illness

The mind-body problem is the deepest mystery of existence. Narrowly speaking, it asks how a brain — a mere chunk of matter, a bundle of quarks and electrons — makes a mind.

My Go-To Arguments for Free Will

I often dwell on free will as the new year begins, and my resolutions (quit caffeine, again, start meditating, again) are already wavering

“America first” trade policies could leave us behind

Since his election in 2016, President Trump has preached an emphasis on “America first” trade policies. Along with many other conservative political personalities, the current administration has created a pointed shift away from liberal, globalist policies.

Top Shoes of 2019

Another new year and a new decade. While this past decade was chock-full of hot releases, the next decade promises us another level of sneakers.

3% ain’t gonna cut it

“I am an invisible man […] I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids—and I might even be said to possess a mind.