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JD Vance, Nationalism, and the GOP Megabill

Part of the American creed is that we don’t care where anyone’s ancestors are buried. Vance’s debased version of patriotism says that we’re just a tribe like any other: insular, fearful and hateful, believing in nothing more morally ambitious. It’s…
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Why They Hate Education

In their quest to destroy democracy, Trump, Vance, and their cronies are intent on shutting the American mind. Robert Reich Why They Hate Education (Robert Reich)
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The AI Con

Never underestimate the power of saying no. Just as AI hypers say that the technology is inevitable and you need to just shut up and deal with it, you, the reader, can just as well say “absolutely not” and refuse…
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The American System of Democracy Has Crashed

As Donald Trump’s imperial presidency rolls forward across the wreckage of Congress on tank treads greased by the Supreme Court, there’s scant evidence of a legal movement for limited government or states’ rights. Trump is not the useful tool of…
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Happy Fourth! (2020)

Back in 2020, I made these Independence Day messages featuring some of the LEGO minifigures that I’ve collected. I posted them on Facebook and Instagram, but those accounts have since been deleted so now they can live on here.
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A Big, Bad, Very Ugly Bill

The legislation is, first and foremost, a tax cut. … To pay for these tax cuts for rich people, the bill destabilizes the American medical system, guts anti-hunger programs, hikes utility costs, and makes education more expensive. Annie Lowrey A…
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JD Vance, Nationalism, and the GOP Megabill

Why They Hate Education

The AI Con

The American System of Democracy Has Crashed

Happy Fourth! (2020)

A Big, Bad, Very Ugly Bill

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