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In her effort to entice people out of thought silos, Melanie’s Think Again commentary exposes readers to unconsidered facts and perspectives while taking occasional detours to write on the meaning of life. Essential to a free and fair society is an informed and thoughtful citizenry.

For our unforgiving age, advice from an unassuming sage

Melanie SturmSeptember 13, 2021Other, American Society, American Values, Israel/Anti-Semitism/Jewish/Radical Islam, Meaning of Life5 Comments

Inspired by a good joke and a stirring play, I offer these remarks, including a rather unorthodox ending: A young man is hitchhiking and gets picked up by a trucker. After thanking him profusely, the young … Read More

Ensuring Real Student Equity in Aspen

Melanie SturmMay 17, 2021Education, American Society, American Values6 Comments

“Your mind is like a parachute; it only works when it’s open,” my seventh-grade teacher counseled. That inspiration – and Mr. Rogers’ assurance that he liked me just the way I am – helped me … Read More

Are Americans silly or sage?

Melanie SturmMarch 23, 2021American Society, American Politics, American Values, Other3 Comments

“You know who doesn’t care that there’s a stereotype of a Chinese man in a Dr. Seuss book?” Bill Maher asked on Real Time.  “China,” he answered. “All 1.4 billion…because they’re not a silly people,” unlike … Read More

Want Unity? Tame the pandemic…and I don’t mean COVID

Melanie SturmJanuary 28, 2021American Politics, American Society, American Values31 Comments

In a joke illuminating our divided times, a husband suspects his wife is deaf and decides to test her hearing. While she’s cooking, he stands afar and asks, “what’s for dinner, dear?”  Hearing no response, he … Read More

This Too Shall Pass(over) Applied to COVID-19

Melanie SturmApril 9, 2020Other, American Society, Meaning of Life1 Comment

Jews have an interesting leitmotif running through the Passover Seder, conveying its meaning while telling a story that explains the longevity of the Jewish People, and a lesson for all humanity – particularly as the … Read More

The Pope and Bernie Sanders: Misguided Economic Missionaries

Melanie SturmOctober 8, 2015American Society, American Values, Free EnterpriseLeave a Comment

If only Pope Francis were in my Buenos Aires taxi last Christmas. I could have used his moral authority (and Argentine-accented Spanish) in negotiating with a driver who’d forgotten the “Golden Rule.” And in witnessing … Read More

Baltimore and Our New Civil Rights Struggle

Melanie SturmMay 7, 2015American SocietyLeave a Comment

“If the glove doesn’t fit, you must acquit,” is perhaps the most famous closing argument in American criminal justice history. Decisive in rendering a not-guilty verdict for OJ Simpson, it also summarizes our free society’s … Read More

A Valentine Wish: Repair the State of Our Unions

Melanie SturmFebruary 14, 2013American SocietyLeave a Comment

“First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage,” goes the rhyme.  Unfortunately, in large swaths of American society, this rhyme is playing in reverse, with dire consequences for lower-income … Read More

Julia’s War on Feminism

Melanie SturmMay 24, 2012American SocietyLeave a Comment

When Gloria Steinem popularized the saying “a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle”, I wasn’t old enough to wear a bra, never mind burn it. However, thanks to that feminist credo … Read More

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