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Meet an Immigrant: Mirza Tihić

If you’re concerned about the state of American politics, I think you’ll enjoy this week’s guest, Mirza Tihić. Mirza grew up in pre-war Bosnia, and witnessed the rise of anti-Bosnian rhetoric.

March 4, 2021
Meet an Immigrant
Politics

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Is Foreign Policy an Extension of Who We Are, or an Exception to Who We Are?

I’ve had close relationships with immigrants most of my life, first with my family, then with my college friends, and most recently with my wife and her family.

February 8, 2021
Family
Politics
Personal Growth

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The US Desperately Needs a Win-Win Foreign Policy, and Immigrants Are the Key

We’ve all heard the accusations that immigrants have divided loyalties. That they can’t be trusted. That they’re not really American.As a descendant of immigrants myself, and as a religious minority, I’m here to admit that we DO have divided loyalties.

December 9, 2020
Entrepreneurship
Politics

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Should White American Culture Be Preserved?

I grew up in rural upstate NY, in a predominantly white, small town. While school, friends, television, radio, and the entire outside world taught me what it meant to be American, my father's stories taught me what it meant to be Circassian.

December 9, 2020
Family
Politics

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Biden Won, But We’re All Losing

Many of us are breathing a sigh of relief, now that Biden has been declared the winner of the 2020 Presidential election. I include myself among them.

November 16, 2020
Politics