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Start Here: Why I Write and Who I Write For
Why I write, who I write for, and how faith, doubt, reason, and moral courage shape a life of attention, service, and resistance in uncertain times.
 • Dino Alonso
Twin Cities Update: Sunday - 1/17/2026
A stark visual collage of Minnesota’s civic tension, where state leadership, federal force, protest, and power collide in the Twin Cities.
 • Dino Alonso
A Constitutional Dilemma - Using the Military Against the American Public in Minneapolis
A sober reflection on why blurring military and policing roles turns citizens into suspects and erodes democratic trust long before collapse looks…
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On Civil Resistance and Common Sense-Part I
A sober essay on why restraint matters in democratic crisis, how violence accelerates collapse, and what disciplined civic resistance still protects…
 • Dino Alonso
On Civil Resistance and Common Sense-Part II
An examination of how federalism, state authority, and civil society still constrain power, preserve legitimacy, and create space for lawful resistance…
 • Dino Alonso
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On Civil Resistance and Common Sense-Part III
A sober examination of what happens when civic safeguards erode, legitimacy thins, and endurance replaces victory as the moral task of resistance.
 • Dino Alonso
Why Resistance Has a Sequence
Why resistance has a sequence. How authoritarianism advances in phases, and why skipping nonviolent stages risks accelerating repression and collapse.
 • Dino Alonso
72 Hours in Mineapolis
An essay on civil resistance, federalism, and democratic failure, asking what happens when states hesitate and communities are forced to defend…
 • Dino Alonso
Walking Away from the World
America’s turn toward isolationism threatens global cooperation. A reflective look at what leaving treaties behind reveals about power, duty, and…
 • Dino Alonso
The Revolutionary Conversion (2) - The Puritan Spine of America, a Seven Part Series
 • Dino Alonso
How Are You Feeling, Really?
Notes from an early morning, written for anyone waking up unsettled
 • Dino Alonso
How a Single Shooting Exposes the Lines Between State and Federal Power
ICE, the National Guard, and the Thin Line Between Protection and Domination
 • Dino Alonso
A Governor and a President
A reflective examination of ICE, state authority, and federal power, and how escalation between a governor and president tests the limits of American…
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The Frogs Have Learned to Sing
A darkly satirical essay using Aristophanes’ The Frogs to explore how laughter, irony, and spectacle replace judgment while a republic stalls.
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When Fear Becomes Practical
A reflective essay on fear, fragmentation, and the quiet shift from resistance to survival in America, asking what happens when trust is diluted and the…
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When Infamy Comes Through Glass
A reflective essay on infamous moments in U.S. history that caused little immediate disruption yet quietly reshaped democracy, power, and public memory.
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Life After Leaving Church (2)
An essay for people who left church but still need meaning, rhythm, and moral seriousness. Learn how to identify what church gave you and still matters.
 • Dino Alonso
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