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Sep 2, 2021
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What Happened in El Paso?
The MAGA clown show takes to the skies. In a dangerous way.
Feb 13
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Management Under a Mad King: The Courtiers Who Try to Clean Up.
'Governance' has become a matter of threats and decrees straight from Donald Trump's id. Three examples. And meanwhile, Jeff Bezos destroys a crucial…
Feb 4
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A Speech for the History Books.
Jan 21
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‘Blind Into Caracas.’
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“We’re No Longer Having a Political Debate. We’re Having a Moral Debate.”
Jan 27
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‘The Kids Are All Right...’
Dec 13, 2023
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Dominoes Are Falling.
Apr 18, 2025
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Why I Changed My Mind About the Shutdown ‘Surrender.’
Nov 17, 2025
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What We've Learned About the Deadly Crash Over the Potomac.
And why honest investigations of disasters like these are imperative, in order to make flying safer.
Jan 31
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“We’re No Longer Having a Political Debate. We’re Having a Moral Debate.”
The federal killings in Minneapolis have revealed some people in authority as cruel, lying cowards. The crisis has proven many other people to be…
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A Speech for the History Books.
And for the here and now. A memorable discourse on America's place in the world, by the leader of a US neighbor and former friend.
Jan 21
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Your Primer on Greenland.
Here are some quick talking points, when people ask, 'What the hell is this about?'
Jan 19
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The Rhetoric of Leaders: Meeting the Moment.
'In the life of the human spirit, words are action.' So said a US president during the Iron Curtain era, supporting all who spoke up for human dignity…
Jan 17
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In the Time of the Mad King.
Lieutenants like Vought, Miller, Hegseth, Noem are ever more purposefully destructive. They serve a leader ever less tethered to reality. Update on the…
Jan 12
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‘Blind Into Caracas.’
Less than 24 hours in, members of the Trump team are celebrating victory. None of them seem to have wondered what happens a day, a month, a decade from…
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