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On this date…he threw away his shot

Posted on July 11, 2018 by editor, facilitator, decider

On July 11 1804, founding wunderkind Alexander Hamilton committed history’s most misguided act of chivalry by deliberately firing over Aaron Burr’s head during America’s most famous duel. Burr, who was only the first U.S. vice president to shoot someone will … Continue reading →

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“Aaron Burr” takes a shot, we all feel the recoil

Posted on November 20, 2016 by editor, facilitator, decider

Culture and current events intersected, as they do, when this weekend Vice President-elect Mike Pence attended the Broadway mega-hit musical, Hamilton, and was addressed both with sporadic boos (and some cheers) upon his entrance, and with with a stirring appeal … Continue reading →

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‘Hamilton’ transcends race

Posted on April 3, 2016 by editor, facilitator, decider

Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s hit Broadway musical stirred up a bit of controversy last week, as a casting call specifying “NON-WHITE” actors drew the ire of a theater union and sparked choruses of ‘reverse-racism.’ The verbiage was clumsy, to be sure (and … Continue reading →

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