Here are my five favorite things I wrote in 2018

My favorite of the year might be the one I wrote near its start about Ahed Tamimi, the controversial Palestinian activist, for the Forward: Explainer: Who Is Ahed Tamimi? (Jan 2018).

I’m also proud of a piece I wrote for Tricycle about Burmese resistance to the Myanmar genocide of the Rohingya: Where Are The Righteous Burmese? All Over The World (March 2018).

Another piece I wrote for Tricycle took up the question of civility and members of the Trump administration getting kicked out of restaurants:
Staying Civil For Your Own Sanity (June 2018).

When a leading Tibetan Buddhist Lama wrote a letter of praise to Aung San Suu Kyi defending her from charges of aiding and abetting genocide, Maung Zarni and I wrote a response: An Open Letter to Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche from a Burmese Buddhist Activist (Nov 2018).

Lastly, I wrote a review of two new books by or about Leonard Cohen that dropped in October: Leonard Cohen Under A New Light (Nov 2018).

On this platform, the following were my five favorites:

The piece I like the most: a Heideggerian contemplation on the end of late capitalist paradise illustrated by my friend Jenny Ritter: Being Staying Human

A Marxist digression: What is Metabolic Rift?

About Israeli village demolitions and deportations of refugees: 17 Years After Durban, Is Zionism Racism After All?

About the Great Return March in Gaza: Heartbreak in Gaza

And for fun: More Conversations With My Six-Year Old Son