Friday, March 25, 2016

Oracles, worship, and the ease of idolatry: reflections at the Oracle of Delphi

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To trust your most important, soul-wrenching, urgent questions to a woman who is chewing on laurel leaves and breathing vapors from a fiss...
Sunday, January 17, 2016

Laughs and lessons learned from visa denial

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How to wait for a visa in Japan: find a fan dance class and pose in a kimono. Unsurprisingly, being denied a visa twice in two weeks pr...

What relationship does the Relief Society have with building Zion?

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Back in June, I was called to be the first counselor in our Relief Society Organization with my local congregation. The Relief Society is th...

Exploring history from the opponent's view: the CuChi tunnels

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The CuChi tunnels As one can see from my previous post, I am very interested in examining how nations confront and retell their past. I...
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Saturday, January 16, 2016

In Memoriam to Lives Lost: Visiting S-21

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Mugshots of Cambodian child prisoners in S-21.   Last week, I returned from an incredible trip to Vietnam and Cambodia with my family. T...
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Sunday, November 29, 2015

The World Is Wide Enough: the message of "Hamilton" is more relevant than ever

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The past few weeks, I have been living in the 18th-century with my non-stop listening to "Hamilton": a new musical by Lin Manuel...
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Sunday, November 1, 2015

Making sense of political extremism: my view of "Suffragette" as a 21st century woman

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Until last night, I had always envisioned the suffragette movement as organized marches, conventions, and disseminating numerous pamphlets...