By breaking international law and due process, the US president has signaled that it is permissible for big countries to crush small countries. The post-war era of peaceful cooperation is over. Plato’s philosopher-king is dead. Might makes right. Power is everything. Long live the strongman. The U.S. president has given moral authority to the Goliaths…

On the morning of New Year’s Day, I was walking the streets of Midtown Manhattan and the lower portion of Central Park. Among the things that I was thinking was the question “how would you live your live if you knew you only had 1 more year left?” This exercise, albeit a bit morbid, forces…

I don’t believe in resolutions. I do believe in building systems. The problem with most resolutions is that they fall flat in addressing systemic issues about identity. Who you are at your core will eventually override any cosmetic behavior change. The real stuff involves deep introspection: an examination of one’s own past to get you…