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Culture
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Symbols for the Small Tired Brain
Why we fly our own colors, and what happens when someone else's flag looks like a threat
Oct 18, 2026
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6 min read
Culture
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CLII. Archie Bunker and The Wrong Enemy
American Anger and Who Really Benefits
Oct 11, 2026
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6 min read
CXLVII. Buyer Beware, America
The widening distance between workers, customers, and the companies above them.
Sep 6, 2026
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8 min read
Culture
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CXLVI. There's Not Much That AI Won't Touch
I watched the desktop computer arrive. This has the same feel, and nobody is minding the store.
Aug 30, 2026
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8 min read
Culture
+3
CXLIV. The Legal Bar Is Getting Close to the Floor
Young lawyers and the rest of America ought to be watching.
Aug 16, 2026
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7 min read
Politics
+2
CXLIII. A Country That Holds Up Its End
Learning from Japan, Ohio workers, and the fading promise of shared prosperity
Aug 9, 2026
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10 min read
Culture
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CXLII. Creating the Alternative Reality
Facts hardly stand a chance when governing is whatever he says.
Aug 2, 2026
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6 min read
Culture
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CXLI. Can We Do Something Here First?
Before we go hunting for a second planet, we might try acting like we understand the first one.
Jul 26, 2026
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7 min read
Culture
+2
CXL. The Cancer in the American Soul
A regime can corrupt a country. The country has to refuse to be corrupted back.
Jul 19, 2026
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5 min read
Culture
+4
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