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Contemplation

Thoughts related to the journey through life


CIX. A Dispatch From the Future

Dec 14, 2025

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12 min read

CIX. A Dispatch From the Future

A ghost from the year 2050 offers a warning

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
CVIII. Living Too Late

Dec 7, 2025

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9 min read

CVIII. Living Too Late

Escaping the narrative of the end to find the meaning of the now.

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
CVII. When the Lights Go Out: Why Losing Movie Theaters Means Losing Our Democracy

Nov 30, 2025

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10 min read

CVII. When the Lights Go Out: Why Losing Movie Theaters Means Losing Our Democracy

Going to the Movies Is A Social Glue, Not A Meme

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
CV. Redefining Aging in America

Nov 16, 2025

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10 min read

CV. Redefining Aging in America

The Promise and Peril of Getting Old in a Changing Nation

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
CIII. Truth and Consequences

Nov 2, 2025

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11 min read

CIII. Truth and Consequences

Defending free speech in the era of a nationalist administration.

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
CI. Peace or Performance?

Oct 19, 2025

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9 min read

CI. Peace or Performance?

A lost opportunity in a befuddling self-congratulatory speech.

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXXXXVIII. The Dissenters Will Save Us From Our Extremes

Sep 28, 2025

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12 min read

LXXXXVIII. The Dissenters Will Save Us From Our Extremes

We must avoid being super joiners and group thinkers.

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXXXXV. Weaponizing the Word

Sep 7, 2025

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12 min read

LXXXXV. Weaponizing the Word

Systems of belief have been used - and misused - for power and personal gain from the very beginning.

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXXXXI. Can Americans Be Fooled?

Aug 10, 2025

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10 min read

LXXXXI. Can Americans Be Fooled?

The norms of democracy appear to be under a concerted and purposeful attack

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXXXI. Rediscovering the American Spirit

Jun 1, 2025

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10 min read

LXXXI. Rediscovering the American Spirit

What exactly is it?

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXXVI. America's Light and Its Shadow

Apr 27, 2025

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16 min read

LXXVI. America's Light and Its Shadow

We are dualities in a constant battle for harmony.

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXXV. RUN

Apr 20, 2025

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15 min read

LXXV. RUN

No One is Safe in A Culture Where the Nuts Dictate

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXXI. Dying to Be Remembered

Mar 23, 2025

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15 min read

LXXI. Dying to Be Remembered

The Shadow of Mortality Shapes Our Decisions Much More Than We Think

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXVI. The Gospel of Trump

Feb 16, 2025

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21 min read

LXVI. The Gospel of Trump

The Cheapening of the Soul in the Age of Profit

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXV. MAGA is FART

Feb 9, 2025

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19 min read

LXV. MAGA is FART

Frequently Abandoning Rational Thinking

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LIX. The History of American Resolve

Dec 29, 2024

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15 min read

LIX. The History of American Resolve

2025 Will Be a Year We Need It

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LVII. The Enduring Legacy of Robin Hood

Dec 15, 2024

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11 min read

LVII. The Enduring Legacy of Robin Hood

The Rebel With A Cause

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LIV. America's Coming Authoritarian Test

Nov 24, 2024

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17 min read

LIV. America's Coming Authoritarian Test

We're not in Kansas anymore.

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LIII. Ode to a Friend

Nov 17, 2024

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11 min read

LIII. Ode to a Friend

Love Knows No Borders

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LI. The Presidential Election 2024

Nov 3, 2024

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14 min read

LI. The Presidential Election 2024

Here Comes the Boom!

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
L. Big Issue Number 50

Oct 27, 2024

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15 min read

L. Big Issue Number 50

America at a Crossroads: The 2024 Election and the Threat of Trumpism

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
XXXXIII. From Page to Power: Reading for Leadership

Sep 8, 2024

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14 min read

XXXXIII. From Page to Power: Reading for Leadership

Your Weekly Dose of Civics Without the Sh*t

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
XXXXII. Good Government Doesn't Have an Easy Button

Sep 1, 2024

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13 min read

XXXXII. Good Government Doesn't Have an Easy Button

A Weekly Dose of Civics Without the Sh*t

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
XXXX. The Patchwork of American Life

Aug 18, 2024

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15 min read

XXXX. The Patchwork of American Life

A Weekly Dose of Civics Without the Sh*t

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
XXXIX. The Dumbing Down of Civil Discourse

Aug 11, 2024

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11 min read

XXXIX. The Dumbing Down of Civil Discourse

A Weekly Does of Civics Without the Sh*t

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
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