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Local Paper Opines on Mayor's Race
The Wall Street Journal's incredible Zohran obsession.
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Eugene Debs and All Of Us
In Terre Haute with the keepers of the flame.
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The Subway Is Not Scary
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The Business Community Is Extraordinarily Stupid
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Getting Yelled at By Dumbasses
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ICE vs. NYC
The feds will not have a good time here.
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The Time That Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Almost Assassinated in St. Augustine, Florida
A little known incident that could have changed history.
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Shift Change at the Wheel Reinvention Factory
Even David Brooks is welcome in our movement.
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Fragility Is Getting Scary
The opposite of risk management.
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Thinking of AI as a Social Problem
No need to know the unknowable. The knowable is bad enough.
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Brad Lander Wants New York City to Resist
The NYC Comptroller talks ICE, Trump, Zohran, and Brooklyn.
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Leave the Military Now
What does courage demand?
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