Self censorship articles

  • The Merger Self, the Seeker Self, and the Lifelong Challenge of Balancing Intimacy and Independence

    Each time I see a sparrow inside an airport, I am seized with tenderness for the bird, for living so acutely and concretely a paradox that haunts our human lives in myriad guises — the difficulty of discerning comfort from entrapment, freedom from peril. It is a paradox rooted in the early development of the psyche and most poignantly manifested in our intimate relationships as we confront over and over the boundary between where we end and the other begins, the challenge of balancing intimacy...
  • The ‘Mary Poppins’ of Censorship Is Back — Again!

    The winds have unfortunately changed and brought the former director of the defunct Disinformation Governance Board back — and with her a new censorship organization. Nina Jankowicz, the self-proclaimed “Mary Poppins of disinformation,” announced her newest censorship venture, The American Sunlight Project. During an interview with CNN’s America’s Choice, Jankowicz described her group as “bipartisan” and “big tent,” claiming to “represent people on both sides of the political spectrum.” But as...
  • The ‘Mary Poppins’ of Censorship Is Back — Again!

    The winds have unfortunately changed and brought the former director of the defunct Disinformation Governance Board back — and with her a new censorship organization. Nina Jankowicz, the self-proclaimed “Mary Poppins of disinformation,” announced her newest censorship venture, The American Sunlight Project. During an interview with CNN’s America’s Choice, Jankowicz described her group as “bipartisan” and “big tent,” claiming to “represent people on both sides of the political spectrum.” But as...