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Reflections gives you weekly commentary and analysis of current events speaking to the complex issues of today in light of American philosophy all within our 248 young years of finding out who we are.
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Meditation #201 (opens the original)
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I know many of you are suffering as I am.So much is being thrown in our faces at hurricane-wind-speed levels, contrary to our collective identities as Americans. The principles being violated- and that is the word- are causing trauma and moral injury, all the while the safety net that has been under construction from FDR to the present is being demolished.On Democracy and Liberty is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subsc
A.I.M with Focus (opens the original)
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Democracy & Liberty (opens the original)
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The Wisdom of Losing Innocence (opens the original)
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Welcome everyone.In this issue:The loss of my innocenceThe U.S. loss of innocenceThe need for us to lose more innocence Russia and Iran collaborationProtecting our military service membersI. The loss of my innocenceThe year I turned 13, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. That same year, Presidential candidate Rober
Liberty v. Fascism: (opens the original)
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“He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.” Thomas Paine, A Dissertation on the First Principles of Government [1795].I. Charlottesville, VA, August 11-12, 2027After watching hours of YouTube videos and saturation-level cable news coverage of the Unite the Right Rally, I had one persistent thought.No one there would stand against their own liberty. Not Black activists, n
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