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June 13, 2021
Going Postal Overseas
There’s a lot of talk in Congress about allowing the Post Office to offer basic banking services to help solve the problem of lack of banking access for the poor […]
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June 6, 2021
America’s Broken Promises
In what’s become a series of editorials, the Washington Post again called out the serial broken promises made by America to Afghans who worked for US and NATO forces. This time, […]
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May 30, 2021
The Perplexing Problem of Mr. Jefferson
(Having celebrated his 278th birthday last month, Mr. Jefferson remains as perplexing a problem to us as ever. Maybe now all the more so, after a year of BLM protests […]
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May 23, 2021
Only Nostalgia Is Keeping Us Together
I’m not in a good place as an American right now. And I suspect many of you aren’t either. Having just completed my fourth coast-to-coast drive since August, I’ve had […]
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May 9, 2021
We Have a Free Riders Problem
We’re seeing the rate of “vaccination uptake” dropping in most states. Some of this is because a goodly portion of the most vulnerable, most eager, and easiest to reach population […]
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May 2, 2021
How Did Mistrusting Russians Become Partisan?
Let’s get this out of the way. I’m a Former Cold Warrior and I was raised a child of the Cold War. As a result, my default setting on Russia […]
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April 25, 2021
COVID Immunity Is COVID Immunity
I’ve been seeing a new riff on COVID immunity from Vaccine Refuseniks the last few weeks. It’s a peculiarly uninformed notion that herd immunity is only achieved when 70% of […]
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April 18, 2021
Reforming the Courts
I posted a Twitter thread in September to contribute something meaningful to the bitter debate swirling around the confirmation of a replacement for departed American icon, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, before […]
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April 11, 2021
I Miss Not Having a Dog, But Not Much
We have a dog this weekend on loan from the owners of our Airbnb rental. Both my wife and I are decidedly Dog People, so it’s kinda great. Nevertheless, we […]
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April 4, 2021
You’re Doing Tea Wrong
Time to come out of the closet. I’m a tea party activist. Specifically, I drink 5-6 cups of tea, every single day. And I’m not ashamed to admit it. Also, […]
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