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Andrew Kent

How A Small African Country is Beating the United States at COVID

I own a restaurant in Rwanda. COVID has not been good for restaurants, to put it lightly.

8 min readNov 2, 2020

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How A Small African Country is Beating the United States at COVID

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Andrew Kent

I’ve Lived in Africa Nine Years: Trump Is an African (or Venezuelan) Dictator

I’ve lived in East Africa for nine years and witnessed two presidential elections in two different countries (Uganda and Rwanda). People…

14 min readNov 1, 2020

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I’ve Lived in Africa Nine Years: Trump Is an African (or Venezuelan) Dictator

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Andrew Kent

Can Christians Vote for Trump in Good Conscience? A Conversation Between Jesus and Donald Trump

As a Christian and an American, I’ve always wondered what a conversation between President Trump and Jesus Christ would be like.

15 min readOct 28, 2020

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Can Christians Vote for Trump in Good Conscience? A Conversation Between Jesus and Donald Trump

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Andrew Kent

I’ve Been Rejected for An Invalid Signature: How GOP Voting Rules Stop Voting without Stopping…

Before 2020, I thought unnecessary paperwork was universally hated by all humans. Certainly it’s the bane of my existence: nothing enrages…

8 min readOct 24, 2020

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I’ve Been Rejected for An Invalid Signature: How GOP Voting Rules Stop Voting without Stopping…

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Andrew Kent

Voting Abroad in the Trump Era: Trust in Democracy, and the Absurdity of the Electoral College

I voted from Rwanda! The other day I printed, signed, scanned, and emailed my ballot in via the Federal Voter Assistance Program (FVAP)…

5 min readOct 19, 2020

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Voting Abroad in the Trump Era: Trust in Democracy, and the Absurdity of the Electoral College

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Andrew Kent

An Open Letter to GOP Senators: Don’t Let the Supreme Court Battle Turn the United States into…

In the world of Game of Thrones, words are wind, and power is power.

12 min readSep 19, 2020

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An Open Letter to GOP Senators: Don’t Let the Supreme Court Battle Turn the United States into…

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Andrew Kent

How Text Messaging is Destroying Your Business

Why do we send text messages (via Slack, WhatsApp, Skype, etc) to the people who are sitting directly across from us at work (or at least…

7 min readJun 26, 2020

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Andrew Kent

I’m a restaurant owner in Rwanda. Its lockdown saved my business

I know firsthand how painful a lockdown can be. But a 6-week lockdown was the best support government could provide businesses like mine

10 min readMay 23, 2020

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I’m a restaurant owner in Rwanda. Its lockdown saved my business

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Andrew Kent

The Lion and the Buffalo (or why economies may be forced to get back to work whether it’s safe or…

“On the savanna, the lion may fear being gored by the buffalo, but she cannot stay home forever — eventually she must hunt, or the pride…

12 min readApr 7, 2020

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The Lion and the Buffalo (or why economies may be forced to get back to work whether it’s safe or…

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Andrew Kent

My Ancestors Fought for the Confederacy. That Doesn’t Mean I’m Proud of that “Heritage”

I’m a white man. My great-grandmother’s grandfather fought for the Confederacy (so my great-great-great-grandfather). Apparently, we used…

5 min readAug 17, 2017

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Andrew Kent

Andrew Kent

Born in Texas, raised in Oklahoma, working on solar energy and rural electrification in Africa, BA in Social Studies from Harvard

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