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The Fight for the Moral High Ground

The decadent West takes on Vladimir Putin’s empire of evil. — Back in the days of my youth there was a protest song that went: “And it’s 1,2,3, what are we fighting for? Don’t ask me I don’t give a damn, the next stop is Vietnam.” When it comes to the foreign affairs of the nation, there haven’t been too many…

Ukraine

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The Fight for the Moral High Ground
The Fight for the Moral High Ground
Ukraine

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Published in Politically Speaking

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The Message We’re Missing on Vaccinations

People aren’t doing it for the free doughnuts. But they might do it for America. — The great patriotic holiday of July 4 came and went, and so did the brief hullabaloo in the press over our failure to hit Joe Biden’s deadline for getting at least one COVID shot into the arms of 70% of U.S. adults. The president made a speech promising to go…

Perspective

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The Message We’re Missing on Vaccinations
The Message We’re Missing on Vaccinations
Perspective

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Published in Politically Speaking

·Jan 6

A Tale of Two Speakers

Wanna-be House Speaker Kevin McCarthy fails at partisanship, while his party picks a Democrat in Pennsylvania — For the past hundred years, the vote for the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has been uneventful, like filling out the customs form upon your return from a trip abroad. …

Politics

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A Tale of Two Speakers
A Tale of Two Speakers
Politics

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Dec 30, 2022

Unstuck In-between

The quiet stretch bookended by Christmas and New Year’s is perfect for thinking about what comes next — The mad rush of Christmas is behind us. The new year is yet to arrive. For me, the days in-between are one of the best parts of the year. For one thing, the ad agency where I work shuts down. We’re all too distracted to be truly productive in our…

Culture

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Unstuck In-between
Unstuck In-between
Culture

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Dec 5, 2022

A Writer Wanders into The Waste Land

T.S. Eliot’s masterpiece turns 100 years old this year, and is still filled with inspiration for writers — I had a fever the first time I read The Waste Land. Maybe that explains the way the words burned themselves so indelibly into my life. I was a young copywriter at a hot ad agency, and I’d landed a dream assignment. A new ad campaign for Harley-Davidson motorcycles would…

Culture

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A Writer Wanders into The Waste Land
A Writer Wanders into The Waste Land
Culture

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Published in Politically Speaking

·Nov 6, 2022

#TwitterSucks

A modest suggestion for those who mistrust Elon Musk’s stewardship of Twitter but aren’t ready to deplatform — It’s possible that by the time you read this, Twitter will have completed its self-destruction under the erratic ownership of Elon Musk. In that case, you can disregard the following. My guess is Twitter will be with us still. Not quite yet the “free-for-all-hellscape” Mr. Musk promised to steer clear…

Social Media

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#TwitterSucks
#TwitterSucks
Social Media

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Nov 4, 2022

Fall is for Sadness

The most beautiful of seasons is also the most fleeting — I took my mother for a drive on a splendid fall day. At 93 years old she’s suddenly found herself looking at a new chapter in her life, and here she thought she’d already authored all the chapters that might be required for a compelling life’s story. She needed cheering…

Life

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Fall is for Sadness
Fall is for Sadness
Life

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Published in Politically Speaking

·Oct 25, 2022

The Collapse of a Conservative Lie

The lesson of Liz Truss is that trusting right-wing politicians to fix inflation is like pouring gas on a dumpster fire — So, British Prime Minister Liz Truss is out, resigning after a wild 44 days and setting a record for brevity in the office. …

Politics

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The Collapse of a Conservative Lie
The Collapse of a Conservative Lie
Politics

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Published in Politically Speaking

·Oct 9, 2022

Why the GOP Gets So Much Wrong

The problem isn’t the way conservatives think, it’s that they seem to have given up on thinking at all — There was a small kerfuffle in my home state of Minnesota recently when Scott Jensen, the Republican candidate running for governor, was caught on film complaining to supporters that there are litter boxes in the state’s classrooms so kids who identify as cats have a place to pee. You know…

Politics

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Why the GOP Gets So Much Wrong
Why the GOP Gets So Much Wrong
Politics

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Published in Politically Speaking

·Oct 2, 2022

When It All Sounds Crazy, Listen for the Big Truths

War, pestilence, a haywire climate, political hogwash; the whole dizzying vortex of things plaguing us is a message in itself — I’m not an economist or political scientist or even all that smart on any given day, just a guy with two ears connected by a functioning brain. …

Politics

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When It All Sounds Crazy, Listen for the Big Truths
When It All Sounds Crazy, Listen for the Big Truths
Politics

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