Peter Levine

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Tufts professor of Political Science and Philosophy & Tisch College Associate Dean. Blogging since 2003 at peterlevine.ws

“Snarled, knotted—these neurons got as tangled As the hair on top. The living are snagged In their own matted mess, they are this thatch. Who, I ask you, can fix such a tangle?” “A person. Ethical. Concentrating. Insightful. Methodical yet ardent. Someone who has fully accepted this task. This person can unravel the tangle. “Desire, hatred, and ignorance fade While you pay attention to untangling. Name and form fade, and the gap is gone Between wish and fact. Then: no more tangle.”
I wish I did not have that human wish, The wish that today were a different day, But the wish that pours forth in the song of a bird: “May it be this same day, so may it be.” No, a bird sings not to say but to be. It grants a wish just by being heard. I wish I didn’t want the day to stay Or change. I should, like the bird, just be.
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Survey results on youth beliefs about Israel/Palestine. Data available at https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/young-voters-and-israel-palestine-conflict