Thinking – Robby Hume

Resolutions and New Directions

Thinking, Reading, Doing

Resolutions and New Directions

Robby2019-02-20T15:10:39-05:0017 February 2019|Thinking, Reading, Doing|

It’s been a while since I’ve posted here – over two years, in fact. It doesn’t feel that long. I’ve been busy, distracted, focused on other things. I didn’t do a great job of making the time for this site. In the time since I last posted, though, I’ve done a lot of other stuff: Finished a master’s degree at Cambridge and moved back to the USSpent five months in Missouri learning how to be an Army Engineer OfficerMoved to Fort Stewart, Georgia and joined the 92nd Engineer BattalionSpent a year as a Horizontal Construction Platoon LeaderExplored Savannah and went on many other adventuresDeployed to KuwaitLearned about myself, made and [...]

Paris is About Life Learning to Cherish Hope

Robby2019-02-17T17:11:25-05:0013 November 2016|Thinking|

One year ago today, on 13 November 2015, terrorists struck Paris. I was on a plane as it happened, flying from London to Vienna with friends from Cambridge for a weekend of concerts and Christmas markets. We were completely unaware of what had happened until our landing at the Vienna airport. Our wheels touched down, and a slew of text messages and emails began inundating my phone: “Where are you?” “Are you okay?” “Do you have any friends in Paris?” My first concern was for my friend Renée, a West Point classmate attending grad school at Sciences Po in Paris. She was thankfully alright and you can read her reflections [...]

Partisan Politics Seeking Moderation in a Polar Era

Robby2019-02-17T17:15:05-05:0012 August 2016|Thinking|

It probably isn't a stretch to suggest that the US is now entrenched in one of the most politically partisan periods of the past century. While we seem to have moved past the era of politically-motivated dueling and cases of Senators attacking each other on the Senate floor, things could be much better. The past decade has been defined by partisanship, and evidence suggests 2016 will continue that trend. Read the Pew Institute's long-form analysis of 21st-century partisanship here: Political Polarization in the American Public What does this mean for voters? On the surface, we see increased animosity and political vitriol - the ongoing Presidential campaigns offer no help here. Name-calling has [...]