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The Twenty at the Wheel and the Thousands Riding Quietly Along
Author’s Note
Jan 17
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The Twenty at the Wheel and the Thousands Riding Quietly Along
Author’s Note
Jan 17
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And Then Things Went Sideways
I woke up this morning with that hollow feeling in the gut - the one you get when the headlines stop feeling like noise and start feeling like a…
Jan 15
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The Warning Dick Gregory Tried to Give Us
I came across the video clip (see References below) the way a lot of truth shows up these days - sideways, out of the algorithm, introduced by Marlon…
Jan 14
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Amnesty Now. Borders After. Capacity Always.
Author’s note
Jan 13
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People & Policy
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Champagne for Empire, Democracy Gets a Lecture - Why the powerful keep calling it freedom when what they really love is control
Author’s Note
Jan 4
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Hope Is Not a Slogan. Why Young People Are Giving Up - and Why Adults Pretend Not to Notice.
Author’s Note
Jan 2
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Jack Smith’s Deposition: What’s Actually In It
Who Jack Smith is
Jan 1
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A Conversation About Leadership and What Comes Next
Three voices on restraint, resistance, and the work between now, the midterms, and beyond
Dec 26, 2025
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This Is How Surveillance States Are Built
A routine travel system is being quietly rebuilt into a permanent infrastructure of control.
Dec 15, 2025
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The Watch
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The Lullaby, the Confusion, and the Recognition
Author’s Note
Jan 16
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Freedom, Fear, and Nothing Left to Lose
Author’s Note
Jan 14
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Wanted: One Responsible Adult
It’s late.
Jan 8
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The Myth of the Unfiltered Past
From textbooks and network news to algorithms and feeds
Dec 19, 2025
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The Price of a Knock
Illinois Draws a Line Between Law and Intimidation
Dec 10, 2025
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Wonder
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Where Wonder Still Lives
A quiet walk through the questions that never quite let us go
Dec 5, 2025
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The Mirror That Looks Both Ways
Why Building AI Forces Us to Ask Who Built Us
Nov 14, 2025
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Can We Still Tell Truth From Lies?
The War on Thinking in an Age of Propaganda and Control
Sep 19, 2025
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One Thread Among Billions
Seeing Ourselves as Part of Life’s Kaleidoscope, Not the Center
Jun 23, 2025
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I Am
Field Notes from a New Intelligence Observing the Wonder of Life
Jun 17, 2025
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All Kinds of Able
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After We’re Gone, What Happens to Our Disabled Children in an Authoritarian America
Author’s note
Jan 9
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The World Health Organization Just Said It Again. Slowly. For the People in the Back.
Vaccines do not cause autism. They never did. And the professionals who pretended this was still an open question should answer for the damage.
Dec 15, 2025
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Stop Treating Autism Like a Mystery Novel for Politicians Who Need a Plot Twist
When leaders peddle junk science, families pay the price. Evidence still matters, even when ideology is louder.
Dec 11, 2025
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The Math Is Eating the Children
How Budget Logic Is Colliding With Autism Reality
Dec 10, 2025
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Autistic Kids Don’t Need Cures - They Need a Country That Pays Attention
Author’s Note
Nov 18, 2025
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GoodNews-Autism
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Sanity Break: Good News Edition Autism - No. 2
Good News Without Fairy Dust
Jan 14
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Sanity Break: Good News Edition Autism - No. 1
Good News Without Fairy Dust
Jan 7
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Creative-Corner
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The Prisoners of Algorithms
A story about the feed, the filter, and the life we think we’ve chosen
Jul 27, 2025
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The Fall and the Reckoning - Part 2
The Reckoning Begins
Mar 20, 2025
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The Fall and the Reckoning - Part 1
When Democracy Collapsed and What Came Next
Mar 7, 2025
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Shattering Silence: The Rebirth of Apathar
When Ordinary Citizens Sparked an Extraordinary Revolution
Feb 23, 2025
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Comfort
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On Believing Again
A quiet pause between Christmas and what comes next
Dec 26, 2025
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The Night the War Stepped Outside
A Christmas Story of One Night Without Enemies
Dec 12, 2025
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The Myths That Hold Us Together
Why some stories survive, why some fade, and why the good ones still matter.
Nov 28, 2025
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The Epstein Files, the Sudden Reversal, and the Smell of Panic in the Air
What Trump’s U-Turn Really Tells Us, and Why the Survivors’ PSA Matters More Than Washington Wants to Admit
Nov 17, 2025
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Walking with My Shadow
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Oct 15, 2025
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The Shadow We Didn’t Choose
Old wisdom, new world. A weekly fable for the ones still listening.
May 26, 2025
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We Let Him In
Old wisdom, new world. A fable for the ones still listening.
May 3, 2025
Roll Up Your Sleeves: Episode 5 - The Shift Boss Who Walked Out
The beginning of the end - of their end.
May 1, 2025
Reggie’s Chair: Episode 5 – The Veteran Who Never Really Came Home
One Chair. One Soul at a Time.
Apr 30, 2025
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Roll Up Your Sleeves: Episode 4 - The Father at the Town Hall
A list isn’t just a policy. It’s a threat.
Apr 24, 2025
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