As the world gathers to celebrate Christmas, war continues to devastate Ukraine, Sudan, Gaza, and countless other places we choose not to name.
This year-end iPINIONS post confronts the moral dissonance of comfort amid catastrophe, and asks what it means to look away while others endure.

Read my full take on Substack:
https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/wither-ukraine-sudan-gaza-and-they
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