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Fool Me Once.

Regarding a Duke, a King, and an American presidency.

November 28, 2016 · Leave a comment

“Very special people.”

Call them what they are.

November 22, 2016 · Leave a comment

Points For Effort.

“These people are rioting because they lack coping skills. It’s what happens because they grew up getting participation trophies.”

November 13, 2016 · Leave a comment

The allegory of the armadillo.

A desert road, an automobile, an animal, and a character assessment.

October 14, 2016 · Leave a comment

“Non-lethal.”

Options besides bullets are not necessarily better options.

September 20, 2016 · Leave a comment

Penguin 2020 / Emperor Penguin 2032.

On third parties and 12th Amendments.

July 27, 2016 · Leave a comment

WRITE CLUB: HIT

Write Club is a monthly, literary bloodsport in which contenders face off against each other with 7-minute essays on competing topics. This was the combatant essay for “HIT.”

July 25, 2016 · Leave a comment

Companion calculus.

How the running mate is made.

July 22, 2016 · Leave a comment

The Syllabus.

What if we treated the American institution of slavery the same way that Germany treats the Holocaust, and mandated a thorough education in public schools?

July 11, 2016 · Leave a comment

Authority.

Broken systems and teachable moments.

June 30, 2016 · Leave a comment