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Does AI Stand For "Artificial Indoctrination"?
Deep fakes have become a feature of the online world
Mar 5
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February 2026
These Are The Times Trying America's Soul
Thomas Paine's words have as much meaning today as they did 250 years ago
Feb 8
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December 2025
"Everything is Getting Stupider"
A post from the Writer Molly John Fast is the perfect description of 2025 America
Dec 15, 2025
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November 2025
The Perils of Populism
A discontented population is easy pickings for a demagogue
Nov 11, 2025
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Nic Rosato
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September 2025
A PhD in Pettiness
Disparaging critics is the official policy of the Administration
Sep 3, 2025
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Nic Rosato
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August 2025
Can a Democracy Survive Moral Decay?
Asking for some friends
Aug 19, 2025
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July 2025
Chainsaw Al
A very short story
Jul 28, 2025
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At Age 249, Are We Too Old to Govern Ourselves?
The combination of a demagogue as Presisdent, revanchist ideologues making policy , and incompetent sycophants crewing the ship of state ,brings into…
Jul 15, 2025
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The Reign of Error
Can our rickety political system survive the rule of nincompoops elected by an ignorant minority?
Jul 1, 2025
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June 2025
A Toddler in a China Shop With a Shotgun
Nothing good can happen when a needy, insecure narcissist is given the awesome power of the American Presidency
Jun 11, 2025
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Nic Rosato
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May 2025
We Should Have Seen It Coming
In the wake of the 2016 election, I mused about what a Trump Presidency would be like
May 13, 2025
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Nic Rosato
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America Needs a Second Reconstruction
It is not too soon to think about a restructuring of our political society and governing institutions
May 5, 2025
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Nic Rosato
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