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  • A lesson for Donald Trump from the Hills of Cyprus

    A personal travel reflection turns political, naming leaders who treat faith as a boundary rather than a bridge between people.

    A lesson for Donald Trump from the Hills of Cyprus
  • Banksy captures our moment

    A Banksy statue appeared overnight on a London street — a man in a suit, stepping into thin air. Banal at first glance, the figure crystallises something all the year’s op-eds have failed to: the breathtaking gap between political confidence and political vision in our time.

    Banksy captures our moment
  • It took three times in a darkened theatre

    Something about Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg wouldn’t release its grip. I returned twice more, each viewing peeling back another layer of certainty about justice, morality, and the convenient distance we imagine separates us from history’s villains. By the third screening, I understood my discomfort completely.

    It took three times in a darkened theatre

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