You Are Worthy Of Love And You

The Trick To Making A Story Matter Is That Every Now And Then, Somebody You Care About Has To Go. If It's Somebody That You Don't Care About, Then It Doesn't Really Have - The Stakes Aren't There. But If You Do That Every Now And Then, Then The Story Matters To People. And There Are Actual Stakes Involved, Emotional Stakes.

What Drugs Haven't Destroyed, The War Against Them Has

We're Now Seeing Levels Of Inequality Raise Their Heads That We Haven't Seen Since The Age Of The Robber Barons. If Somebody Watched The Deuce, And Understood The Allegory About Capital And Labor, And Understands What Happens When One Side Is Vulnerable To The Other, That Would Be Swell.

The Why Is What Makes Journalism An Adult Game. The Why Is What Makes Policy Coherent And Useful. The Why Is What Transforms Bureaucrats And Foot Soldiers And Political Leaders Into Viable Instruments Of Rational And Affirmative Change. The Why Is Everything And Without It, The Very Suggestion Of Human Progress Becomes A Cosmic Joke.

While I Think Storytelling Is A Meaningful Way To Spend Your Life... It Does Feel A Little Bit Secondary Or Off-point.