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May 2022

The Frontier
Some of you may be familiar with Frederick Jackson Turner. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-Jackson-Turner You don’t hear much talk of the…
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Time is Money
Money and Value Part 2
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Money and Value (Part 1)
Cryptocurrency has been taking it in the shorts again, which is kind of what leads me to this essay. Value is something that is contextual and c…
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April 2022

Law and Ethics
Legal is a low bar...
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March 2022

Civics Education
The Obvious Solution to our problem?
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The Borg
As noted, I am a huge Tolkien nerd. I also happen to be a big Star Trek fan. At its best it was a very good show, often looking at interesting t…
Freedom
Are you REALLY free? What does that mean, anyway?
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Brainwashing...
read tag before washing.
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The Marketplace of Ideas
Isn't canceling a part of it?
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More About Evil and Responding to It...
I am going to go back to my Tolkien nerd thing for this one… The framing story for the Lord of the Rings (LotR) is the War of the Ring—the conflict…
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Evil
One of the things that regularly comes up in conversations about the US acting against other countries in situations like what is currently going on in…
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