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The Policy Circle: How Wealthy Elites are Rounding Up Women Voters

A Companion Piece to The Long Con Podcast Episodes 6 & 7 Policy Circle logo NOTICE: The Long Con Pod has no official connection to the...

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Time to Choose: Liberty or Freedom?

I woke up thinking about this poem again. Photo from The Oregonian, April 13, 2020 Beth Nakamura/Staff Words Like Freedom There are words...

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White People: Take the Note

It's been years since I’ve been in a play yet I'm still convinced I’m a great actor. This certitude has not faded with age, but has been...

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Breach of Social Contract

Wealthy white men wrote the rules to benefit themselves. Now they won’t follow them. Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the...

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3 Enormous Little Words

Today's Covid-19 protests are a rejection of the central premise of America. There is no individual freedom without collective sacrifice....

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The Trojan Elephant (Part 2)

There is no Deep State in America... but there is a Shadow State. Neoliberalism and dark money have cast a shadow that's become too large...

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The Trojan Elephant (Part 1)

America's real problem is immense... and hiding in plain sight. The Road to Respectability 1950-1980 The Trojan Horse Most of us are...