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Sunday Review, Week 25, US in Crisis

Wrestling with dueling civilization icons: The Marlboro Man vs. the Good Samaritan

Sunday Review, Week 24, US in Crisis

How does someone become the Senate Parliamentarian?

The day I decided to interview the head of the Aryan Nations

Sunday Review, Week 23, US in Crisis

My first spat with AI

What would Jeff do?

Sunday Review, Week 22 of the US in Crisis

The Curse of Feedback

Approach, Pilgrim, the decade oracle has a message for you …

Sunday Review, Week 21 of the US in Crisis

Creating an experimentation lab for writing

There is only ONE reason you need to show up Saturday at NO KING'S DAY

To AI or not to AI?

Review: US in Crisis, Week 20

Beyond words in the world of editorial cartoonists

Prime Question: How do we resist?

June Is Haiku Month

"Groceries" ... a strange word?

The Crypto Piggy Bank

Review: US in Crisis, Week 18

"All in all it was awful but it could have been worse"*

Endangered: "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"

Corruption at a Glance

Love Letter to my life #80: Patterns: breaking some and re-installing others

"Because this Church, as long as I breathe,

Review: US in Crisis, Week 16

Avoiding lies in the Age of Information

This meme broke my mind

When empty shelves become empty stores

Did you know that the US is a kleptocracy?

Sunday Review: Week 14 of the US in Crisis

Understanding trump world "scientifically"

Surviving a perfect storm is JOB #1

We are in hazardous territory, but we are not alone ...

Dr. Pru Lee's (not Liz Cheney's) letter to Democrats

Love Letter to the USA: #3 Goodbye oldest democracy in the world

Purpose of the Constitution: protect us and our liberty from the excesses of kings

Inhumane Cruelty is being done in our names as due process is ignored

Power and Revenge are an explosive combination

When energy sags, look for your energizers

We are in a historic and moral moment

Bite-sized "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder

Musk Mysteries: the odd couple beginning

Why is the AOC/Bernie tour bringing out such huge crowds?

What 3.5% of us can do

Democracy Heroes: Substack & Bluesky

The Musk Mysteries: Chaos Begins

They are stealing our history

Love Letter to the USA #2: I remember being proud

SUNDAY Review - Week #8

How high's the water, Mama?

Resistance Posters ...free and printable, # 1

Scrubbing DEI as if it were stained underwear

EXTRA: Did we just lose our 1st amendment rights?

We come from a long line of fighters

Nazis ... really?

Building boats of community

Americans are pushing back

What happens if we ignore our Constitution?

There are turning points that change everything - what will we choose?

Love Letter to the World #1: What if this isn't about being more "efficient?"

Why is the middle class so angry?

EXTRA! An accidental DOGE-hole

Resistance Dance: Step #1: End Denial

Are we being too rational?

We are NOT going to lose our country!

What if ... Democracy isn't dying ... what if it was sold?

Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Strawberries & Mockingbirds

How do "bestsellers" grab attention?

Pondering the Magic of Leaves

Why do starlings murmurate?

Love Letter #79: Reflection Point #1 on my Substack Journey

Interleaving and the Reading Experiment

Out of trials and tribulations appear the helpers

The Journey to Lake Written

Diane Ackerman (DA) celebrates dawn

We stand between two worlds …