Minds articles
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An isolation state of mind
It was April of 1998, a week before my birthday, when my wife Karen asked what my plans were for my birthday. I automatically replied “none really” since we had just moved to a tiny rental house. Karen replied by pointing out that it had been four years since my dad Louie Beltran died (1994) and I had not had a birthday party since.
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Who Is Minding the Store in World Affairs?
Many conservatives are of the mind that the U.S. should not involve itself in foreign conflicts, pointing specifically to the war in Ukraine and the ongoing conflict involving Israel, Hamas, and now Iran. The argument is that the United States has enough problems at home, specifically with its porous borders.
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Aaron Rodgers Has More on His Mind Than Football. A Lot More.
Aaron Rodgers, perhaps the most gifted N.F.L. quarterback of his generation, spent a week last month in Costa Rica with a handful of fellow pro football players in search of transformation. At a mountain retreat with views of the Pacific Ocean, they drank a psychedelic brew under the watchful eyes of a Yawanawa shaman and a documentary film crew. Soon a news flash from back home — and then another — pierced the vibe. First, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent candidate for president, said...