Having successfully replicated the economic construct of our American System among the vast majority of the world’s population, we are now faced with the long-term challenge of replicating it’s political constructs–its laws, its institutions,...
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Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy WE stood by a pond that winter day, And the sun was white, as though chidden of God, And a few leaves lay on the starving sod, -They had...
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on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25It’s being widely reported that Facebook is taking down recent posts by historian Heather Cox Richar… on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Worth noting that the Wisconsin Supreme Court went to the Democrat by 57%. on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25He alone among his colleagues has finally grown some back bone. I can’t wait for the speech to be pu…
on A Grudging Concession About Something Trump DidThanks for the suggestions, Dark Matter. 1. Less broad tariffs on China could be plausibly defensibl…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Yahoo News, wow, that sounds official. Except that's just Telegraph repost, but I guess they sound o… on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25It's worth reminding people how absurdly random the death penalty is when you actually look at the c…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Research shows Hamas dropped several thousand from their fatality counts: https://www.yahoo.com/news…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25The Daily Beast reviews Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk, Bill Burr, and Michael McKean playing in a new… on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Trumpism but *SMART*? Is there a market for that?
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Randy Fine wins FL-6 according to the Times with 53.9 percent of the vote to Weil getting 45.4 perce…
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