Think Again...you might change your mind

Why Does America Make People Cry?

Two Fourth of July conversations left me unsettled. Here's why they matter

Jul 30 • Melanie Sturm

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June 2026

From Challenge to Commencement

What Sean Trende's viral essay about his autistic son taught me about my son's graduation

Jun 3 • Melanie Sturm

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April 2026

When Assassination Starts to Make Sense

What “never normalize” has done to our judgment

Apr 30 • Melanie Sturm

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March 2026

It’s Only a Flesh Wound — Until Iran Isn’t

Iran’s nuclear blackmail and the dangerous misuse of "imminent threat"

Mar 24 • Melanie Sturm

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February 2026

Our Rorschach Republic

From ICE to Epstein to gender medicine, we keep seeing what we want in the ink blots. See if you pass the MLK Test.

Feb 26 • Melanie Sturm

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January 2026

Are Minneapolis Anti-ICE Protests Worthy of the Justice They Claim?

The Case for Protective Compassion After Two Tragic Deaths

Jan 27 • Melanie Sturm

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November 2025

The 3,000-Year-Old Antidote to Moral Collapse

Hostages freed. Hamas executes. NYC’s next mayor? Tucker’s moral spiral. My Yom Kippur reflections reveal the ancient moral anchor that can still save…

Nov 4, 2025 • Melanie Sturm

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October 2025

The Charlie Effect: How We Too Can Open Hearts and Change Minds

Rosh Hashanah reflections inspired by Christian grace and a Buddhist parable about what we “carry in our cups.”

Oct 17, 2025 • Melanie Sturm

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September 2025

Prove Him Right

Can we restore the American Idea — for our children and our humanity?

Sep 22, 2025 • Melanie Sturm

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July 2025

Antisemitism & Anti-Americanism Are Rising — What You Can Do

What the World Needs Now — Moral Beacons for America’s 250th

Jul 13, 2025 • Melanie Sturm

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June 2025

The Eulogy I Fought to Give

On my first Father’s Day without my dad, I woke up and felt the loss pack its punch.

Jun 16, 2025 • Melanie Sturm

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May 2025

Think Again: What I Learned in My Theater Board’s Gender Debate

How to Speak Hard Truths with Grace — and Actually Change Minds

May 5, 2025 • Melanie Sturm

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