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Nov 1 • 
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October 2025

Local Paper Opines on Mayor's Race
The Wall Street Journal's incredible Zohran obsession.
Oct 30 • 
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Eugene Debs and All Of Us
In Terre Haute with the keepers of the flame.
Oct 27 • 
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ICE vs. NYC
The feds will not have a good time here.
Oct 23 • 
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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.
Oct 21 • 
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Shift Change at the Wheel Reinvention Factory
Even David Brooks is welcome in our movement.
Oct 16 • 
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Fragility Is Getting Scary
The opposite of risk management.
Oct 13 • 
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Thinking of AI as a Social Problem
No need to know the unknowable. The knowable is bad enough.
Oct 7 • 
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Brad Lander Wants New York City to Resist
The NYC Comptroller talks ICE, Trump, Zohran, and Brooklyn.
Oct 5 • 
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Leave the Military Now
What does courage demand?
Oct 1 • 
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September 2025

We Are All Domestic Terrorists Now
Here comes the iron fist.
Sep 26 • 
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Anti-Religious Politics
One party needs to stand against god in public policy.
Sep 23 • 
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