The 2nd Half of 2016: Nationalism & Political (In)stability

The 2nd Half of 2016: Nationalism & Political (In)stability by LST

It’s a beautiful, blue skied Saturday morning where I am. Yet I can’t shake off a general sense of unease I’m feeling… It’s not the Turkey coup situation or the French mass murders (on Thursday) alone… for me, it’s a (growing) pattern of incidents I loosely see as symptomatic of the rise of nationalism and political instability.

The fruit of my labor is not a result of merely my own labor

It almost feels wrong to be enjoying life, and living in a land that is so abundant (relatively) in peace and prosperity, while my fellow human being suffers so much. I did not choose where I was born; I did not choose WHEN in history I...