Items related to public policy
Feb 15, 2026
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10 min read
Why the midterms will determine whether facts, votes, and justice still matter
Feb 8, 2026
Violence is a policy, not a destiny
Jan 18, 2026
9 min read
A wounded democracy has to decide whether to heal itself with shared goals or keep chasing after the loudest mouth
Jan 11, 2026
The basics of life have been repackaged as investment products.
Jan 4, 2026
11 min read
What George Washington knew, Trump Never Understood, and What We Can't Forget
Dec 21, 2025
8 min read
On boredom, friction, and the accidental adventures that build resilience
Dec 14, 2025
12 min read
A ghost from the year 2050 offers a warning
Nov 30, 2025
Going to the Movies Is A Social Glue, Not A Meme
Nov 23, 2025
How We Mistook Billionaires for Progress and Wealth as Success
Nov 16, 2025
The Promise and Peril of Getting Old in a Changing Nation
Nov 9, 2025
Protecting Human Value in a World Run By Machines
Nov 2, 2025
Defending free speech in the era of a nationalist administration.
Oct 19, 2025
A lost opportunity in a befuddling self-congratulatory speech.
Oct 5, 2025
Building and keeping great things takes vision and shared responsibility.
Sep 21, 2025
14 min read
Many hands and multiple brains labored to get us where we are today.
Sep 14, 2025
It's not just a free market that keeps us free.
Sep 7, 2025
Systems of belief have been used - and misused - for power and personal gain from the very beginning.
Aug 31, 2025
Current rollbacks will make us poorer, unhealthy, less secure, and angrier. That's the real goal.
Aug 24, 2025
We Have Greatly Undervalued Medical Marijuana, Chiropractic, and Massage Therapy
Aug 10, 2025
The norms of democracy appear to be under a concerted and purposeful attack
Aug 3, 2025
The party and corporate structures don't know what to do with him, and that might be a good thing.
Jul 27, 2025
13 min read
Not only does it rollback what will be good for generations to come, it puts us behind China
Jul 20, 2025
The facts show increased wealth, intelligence, and innovation in the United States
Jul 6, 2025
A look behind the curtain of an odorous bill.
Jun 29, 2025
There's more agreement between us than we may remember or be led to believe
