NOTE: The original draft of this post was written on July 11, 2017. Though it’s being posted nearly nine years later, the critique of Obama…
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Do Not Go Gentle
Published January 20, 2026
I have a strange collection of books. One is called “The Auschwitz Album.” When Auschwitz was liberated, one of the survivors found an SS officer’s…
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Published January 8, 2026
There is an understandable attraction to monocausal explanations. It is easier to say that poverty is the result of an individual’s moral failure. It is…
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Published January 6, 2026
We need to stop being surprised by the actions of the Trump administration. They told us in Project 2025 what they will do. They told…
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Useless Democrats
My hatred for the Democratic Party leadership stems from a soul-crushing sadness that I disguise with my angry words. I see a party whose leaders…