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In Defence of the Electoral College
The Electoral College in the United States is designed by the Constitution to elect the president every four years. It was originally designed so that voters would elect a local luminary, someone they could trust to represent their interests in electing a president.
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A Quiet Sleep
Dream while you can, but be sure you listen...
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Are You Unique? (Nothing but Our Memories)
Musings on the mind. A theory of the uniqueness of the individual.
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The Chinese Endgame or the End
Napoleon reportedly said, “China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move the world.” This is an anachronism and in any case, it's only partially true. China is a sleeping giant, but like Gulliver, only a giant to the Lilliputians. China has now awoken a Brobdingnagian.
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Make Yourself At Home, If You Please
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A Terrible Flood
Inspired by the Adventus Saxonum
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The Simple Path
Why it's fine to laugh with the crowd
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Yellow Seasons
A poem (inspired by a catfish).
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Party Realignment in the Trump Era: Right Populists vs. Progressives
The 2016 presidential election had far greater consequences for the United States and the world than prior cycles going back decades. Politics is changing, parties are re-aligning, and a new reality is settling in. 2020 may well cement the great shift in American politics for at least a generation.
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A European Union Military: Good for Germany, Bad for Europe?
What once drove German aggression may now drive Germany again. This time using the outlet of diplomacy, but still ending up in the same place: German domination of Europe, economically and militarily. Will it work?
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Old World Virtues, Forgotten
A poem of vanities.
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Waiting for When (the Terror of When We Face That Which We Know We Must)
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Forward in the Avalanche of Time
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Oblivion Pursue Us All
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Word Challenged