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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
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
LXXXXIV. The Myth of the DEI Problem

Aug 31, 2025

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12 min read

LXXXXIV. The Myth of the DEI Problem

Current rollbacks will make us poorer, unhealthy, less secure, and angrier. That's the real goal.

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
LXXXVII. The Death of Context

Jul 13, 2025

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13 min read

LXXXVII. The Death of Context

The Art of Thinking to Avoid Big Beautiful BS

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXXX. How Democracy Holds? Everything, Everywhere, All At Once

May 25, 2025

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16 min read

LXXX. How Democracy Holds? Everything, Everywhere, All At Once

The Autocrat’s Playbook And Fighting Fire With Fire

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXXVIII. A Duty to Dissent

May 11, 2025

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13 min read

LXXVIII. A Duty to Dissent

Truth be told, there's not much required to be a public citizen, both a feature and a weakness.

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXXVII. Do We Really Need to Be Told?

May 4, 2025

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15 min read

LXXVII. Do We Really Need to Be Told?

There's a reason we grow up with both idioms and idiots.

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXXIV. Voices, Votes, or Violence: The Three Features of Democracy

Apr 13, 2025

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14 min read

LXXIV. Voices, Votes, or Violence: The Three Features of Democracy

The First Two Are A Must. The Third Is A Choice

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXX. When the Mob Runs the Country

Mar 16, 2025

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16 min read

LXX. When the Mob Runs the Country

Being a Crime Boss Vs. Being a President

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXVIII. Appreciating a Shared History is The Only Path to Survival

Mar 2, 2025

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14 min read

LXVIII. Appreciating a Shared History is The Only Path to Survival

Love It, Learn It, Or Lose It

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXVII. The Pigs Are Flying

Feb 23, 2025

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16 min read

LXVII. The Pigs Are Flying

When Job Cuts Make America Great Again, and Everything Else That Matters in an Alternative Reality!

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
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
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
XXXXI. Diversity: American as Apple Pie With Cheese

Aug 25, 2024

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12 min read

XXXXI. Diversity: American as Apple Pie With Cheese

A Weekly Dose of Civics Without the Sh*t

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
XXXVII. Bridging the Political Divide

Jul 28, 2024

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10 min read

XXXVII. Bridging the Political Divide

Your Weekly Dose of Civics Without the Sh*t

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
XXXVI. The Subtle Violence on the Road to Progress

Jul 21, 2024

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9 min read

XXXVI. The Subtle Violence on the Road to Progress

Your Weekly Dose of Civics Without the Sh*t

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
XXXIV. A Deeper Consideration of Independence

Jul 7, 2024

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10 min read

XXXIV. A Deeper Consideration of Independence

Stories on Services & Leadership Without the BS

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
XXX. Segregation or Integration. We Choose. Again.

Jun 9, 2024

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13 min read

XXX. Segregation or Integration. We Choose. Again.

Stories of Service & Leadership Without the BS

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
XXIX.  Learn History, Lead Wisely

Jun 2, 2024

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10 min read

XXIX. Learn History, Lead Wisely

Stories of Service and Leadership Without the BS

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
XXVII. Greed and the American Dream

May 19, 2024

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11 min read

XXVII. Greed and the American Dream

Stories About Service and Leadership Without the BS

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
XXVI.  Ch-ch-changes and Growth

May 12, 2024

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11 min read

XXVI. Ch-ch-changes and Growth

Stories of Service and Leadership Without the BS

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
Good God, Y'all!

Mar 24, 2024

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14 min read

Good God, Y'all!

A Weekly Read from Daniel Parker

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
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