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Canary in a Park Shelter
There was a time when we Americans were pretty sure democracy was invented here and saw it as our duty to share our creation with the rest of the world…
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In Name Only
O Republican, Republican, wherefore art thou Republican? Deny thy forebears and confuse thy name. And for thy name, which is no part of thee, take all…
Apr 16
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Total Eclipse of the Son
Sitting here on a fine Monday morning, feeling quite small in the grand scheme of things, a not-so-freshly mown stem in this vast haystack. Sharing…
Apr 8
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Mike McCabe
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Power to the People
Imagine vast swaths of the countryside plunged into darkness. Not due to cataclysmic storms. Not at the hands of cybercriminals. Just because of…
Apr 2
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Mike McCabe
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March 2024
Where There is No Doctor
When my wife and I enlisted in the Peace Corps and went overseas, our government sent us to a place where there was no medical clinic, no hospital…
Mar 27
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Mike McCabe
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To the Parched, a Drink
Peace is a desert flower, lonely, hardy, eager. It is always ready. It has to be. Not since World War II has there been so much violence in so many…
Mar 21
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Fashionable Frugality
Wherever people gather and whatever is up for discussion, there comes a time when pretty much everything has been said but not everyone has said it. So…
Mar 13
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Contrasts in Courage
Hypocrites say one thing but do another, saying what they say because they know it’s right, doing what they do because it’s conveniently advantageous…
Mar 6
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Mike McCabe
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February 2024
Opus DEI
It was too significant to be the very last sentence of a story below the fold on page 8 of last Friday’s newspaper. But there it was. A school…
Feb 27
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Mike McCabe
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Greening the News Deserts
Freedom—the very embodiment of the American experiment—is gravely threatened. Democracy is the beating heart of freedom and is in functional decline in…
Feb 21
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Why He Might
Took me long enough. Had to take small doses, could only stomach so much in one sitting. For the last month, been reading The Atlantic magazine’s…
Feb 15
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Scared Swiftless
Forty years ago in a long-lost place, I worked for a short spell for three Republican state legislators. Only one of the three would stand any chance of…
Feb 7
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