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Protest for Human Rights: What’s Michelangelo’s David Got To Do with It?

Today’s struggle for human rights has uncanny moments of déjà vu, as seen in a recent image from Turkey. Riot police confront the body of Michelangelo’s David, surging from the smoldering fires of a street protest. Freud defined “uncanny” experiences as simultaneously familiar and strange. In today’s struggles for basic freedoms and human rights, riot […]

The 1960s Counterculture and Today’s Intergenerational Marijuana Scene

A few months ago, while having dinner in Park Slope, Brooklyn, I was indulging in my favorite pastime: eavesdropping on other people’s conversations. At a nearby table, two couples, one young and one not-so-young, were sharing their thoughts about marijuana. This was no policy dispute, mind you, much less the moral shaming that the 1960s […]