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Is COVID the cure for saving social intercourse? Despite the mandate to shelter-in-place imposed by COVID-19, an astonishing number of...
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Yonason Goldson
- Jun 30, 2020
- 1 min
The world is going insane
Where are you going to put your trust? In technology? In government? In experts and pundits? There's only one place to put your trust:...
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Yonason Goldson
- Jun 21, 2020
- 3 min
Honor (is learned from) thy father
I was ten or twelve years old. My father and I had arrived at the stadium early, and I felt a thrill of excitement as we stood up for the...
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Yonason Goldson
- Jun 10, 2020
- 1 min
The illusion of civilization
Modern violence and ancient history show the way for visionary leaders Professor Stephen L. Carter wisely observes that civility is the...
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Yonason Goldson
- Jun 9, 2020
- 1 min
Leadership begins at home
History repeats itself: In the year 70, as the Roman legions tightened their siege around Jerusalem, residents of the city grew...
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Yonason Goldson
- Jun 3, 2020
- 1 min
The Maverick Paradox podcast
Thanks to Judith Germain for inviting me on her podcast. Her unapologetic commitment to intellectual #integrity and resisting the pull of...
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Yonason Goldson
- May 14, 2020
- 1 min
Connecting through isolation
Why we need obstacles to create a clearer path People everywhere are finding ways to cope with quarantine and the threat of COVID-19....
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Yonason Goldson
- May 12, 2020
- 1 min
My first quarantine
This is not my first quarantine. Maybe things have changed, but back then Israeli hospitals bore little resemblance to American...
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Yonason Goldson
- May 4, 2020
- 1 min
How to stop a plague
This is not a story about biblical history. It’s a story about us, today, right now. Nearly 3000 years ago, toward the end of King...
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Yonason Goldson
- Apr 22, 2020
- 1 min
The lyrics of history
Mark Twain said that history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes. A decade ago, a prominent white house adviser responded to the 2008...
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Yonason Goldson
- Apr 21, 2020
- 1 min
Don't let this crisis go to waste
Mark Twain said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes. A decade ago, a prominent white house adviser responded to the 2008...
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Yonason Goldson
- Apr 14, 2020
- 2 min
How Not to Think podcast
Thanks to Howard Rankin for inviting me on his How Not to Think podcast. Howard shares my passion for challenging conventional...
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Yonason Goldson
- Apr 14, 2020
- 1 min
Find joy in extremism
There’s an often-told Jewish folk tale about a man who complains to his rabbi that he can get a moment’s peace in his tiny home filled...
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Yonason Goldson
- Apr 13, 2020
- 2 min
The midpoint of the world
My untimely discovery of a time capsule encapsulates the end of time What would you ask of a time traveler from a hundred years ago? And...
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Yonason Goldson
- Mar 25, 2020
- 1 min
Daily New Years podcast
Thanks to Austin Bollinger for inviting me on his Daily New Years podcast. Austin led a thoughtful conversation diving deeper into...
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Yonason Goldson
- Mar 24, 2020
- 1 min
The gift of boredom
As we struggle with the challenges of coronavirus quarantine, it’s worth considering the opportunity boredom provides Ah, the wonderful...
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Yonason Goldson
- Mar 17, 2020
- 1 min
The ethics of epidemic
5 practical insights from the coronavirus outbreak The German philosopher Friedrich Hegel observed that the great lesson of history is...
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Yonason Goldson
- Jan 30, 2020
- 1 min
The face of evil?
I had never heard of Stefan Molyneux before this week, when I watched his 2017 interview with Dave Rubin. Although his ideas are certain...
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Yonason Goldson
- Jan 29, 2020
- 1 min
Unimpeachable ethics?
We've all had enough of politics. But what if the political headlines contain insights for improving our business sense? Can the lessons...
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Yonason Goldson
- Jan 22, 2020
- 1 min
The Miracle of vision
A lesson in greatness from Jeopardy! icon Ken Jennings In one of many memorable scenes from the Disney classic Miracle, Coach...
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