

Growing up fascist; its lessons*
Author, philosopher and professor Umberto Eco grew up under Italian fascism. In 1942, at the age of 10, he won a prize for "...
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Determining America's enemy within
Economist and commentator Noah Smith writes : "Being the technological determinist that I am, I think we should regard our enemies first...
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In CONGRESS, July 4, 2025. The unanimous Declaration of the United Blue States of America
𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐...
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The "big, ugly, disgusting abomination" is more than just a passed bill
"Nonpartisan journalism" takes two divergent paths. One travels the high road of political coverage, showing no favor to either major...
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The BBB's bigger - and ugliest - danger
I'll just jump right in. On what they're doing to healthcare alone ... JD Vance, Office of Vice, called savage cuts to Medicaid and...
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Calling Capt. Kirk
I recall an episode of the original "Star Trek" television series in which a superaffluent alien society lived in the clouds (or...
6 days ago3 min read