Strategies for taking command of our lives through seeing 'deep repercussions' in world events and realizing how chain reactions can produce future outcomes.
It is hard to wake up from a nightmare when you were never asleep to begin with. I fight denial every day. My mind keeps reaching for the escape hatch—this can’t be real, this has to end, this is temporary. But it isn’t a dream. It isn’t temporary. This is real. We are living in Continue reading Only Twenty-Five Percent The post Only Twenty-Five Percent appeared first on The Domino Principle .
As the clock ticks forward, the ghosts of our past often remind us when it’s time to start thinking seriously about our future. Every person of Ashkenazi descent that I’ve met, and that shares my birth surname Kurtzman, traces their ancestry either to Ukraine or to the small town of Zuromin, Poland. Whether these two Continue reading Zuromin Hour The post Zuromin Hour appeared first on The Domino…
I am not okay. And if you are not okay either, know that such a reaction is reasonable, and that you are not alone, given the current political circumstances. Sleeping was really difficult for me last week, and at times, even in warm surroundings, I felt cold and shivery. Concentrating was hard, and often Continue reading When Life Gives You A Rotten Orange The post When Life Gives You A Rotten…
It was back in 2024, before the US withdrew from NATO, the fall of Ukraine, and all the dominoes began to tip over in Putin s campaign of European conquest. It was before the economic crash, before all the civil unrest, before the internment camps, before the self-pardons, before the official act of suspending the 2028 Continue reading How I Spent America s Last Independence Day The post How I…
Archie Bunker, the anachronistical central character of the 1971 sitcom All in the Family, liked to talk about Real Americans and fancied himself one of them. To Archie, and those who he satirically represented, being a Real American centered around embracing the concept of white male Christian privilege. The entire MAGA movement in 2016 to Make Continue reading Real Americans The post Real…
Congressional Representative Eric Swalwell posted a note on Twitter yesterday that echoed some of the same sentiments we ve shared on The Domino Principle before: The fight for the future isn’t between liberal vs conservative. It’s between truth vs lies. It isn’t between Democrat vs Republican. It’s between democracy vs autocracy. Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) June Continue reading On The Spectrum…
I travelled from California to Texas to visit family for Father s Day this past Thursday, and missed viewing the third public session of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol while I was in flight. No worries, once I landed, a few minutes of review of my Twitter Continue reading Two Lies and a Really Big Lie The post Two Lies and a Really Big Lie…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it Continue reading It is the best of times, it is the worst of times The post It is the best of times, it is the worst of times appeared first…
A new Instagram acquaintance of mine from Saint Petersburg, Russia decided to publish this little gem to her story today: I felt it merited a serious response. Not just for her, but for all the good people of Russia. Firstly, we understand that in many ways, most of the people of Russia are also a Continue reading Letter from an American to the good people of Russia The post Letter from an…
There’s still more work ahead. But I’ve said many times: As tough as this pandemic has been, we will get through it. We will rebuild our economy, reclaim our lives, and get back to normal. We’ll laugh again. We’ll know joy again. And we’ll smile again — you know, and now see one another’s smile, Continue reading Better Days The post Better Days appeared first on The Domino Principle .