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Subscribe now History has no claim on the present or the future. Yet, lack of historical knowledge and understanding makes us prisoners of history. There is no part of society more imprisoned in the past than politics and government. Some of our most elemental political and government concepts remain based
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Subscribe now The 80s was the last formative decade for US politics. You'd be hard pressed to say for any good, but it certainly defined the future. The New Deal coalition, having shaped politics for the previous half-century was in dissolution, heading to oblivion. Its politics had been
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Subscribe now The Fed's only raised rates .75%, they're still under 1%, yet the whole of global finance shakes. Whoda thunk? Best of course is the crypto circus. I understand there's all sorts now, after all, how were you going to run a global
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Subscribe now If history is allowed to look back at present America, it will be studied as an era of political decline. The democratic processes of the republic will be chronicled completely dysfunctional. The personalities populating the public square weighed entirely unexceptional. And, if politics at its historical best is
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WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee passed a bill on Thursday that could expose the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and partners to lawsuits for collusion on boosting crude oil prices. Yes, America can suit our way to more oil. The No Oil Producing or
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Subscribe now In the US, Cholula is known as a Mexican hot sauce, though it's not at all hot. It is the height of indignity to have a sauce named Cholula that is not hot. To compound this slight, the Cholula label has woman, obviously Castilian, pale and
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Little late in reporting, nonetheless great to do so. The Tanzanian government released Chadema Chair Freeman Mbowe and dropped the ridiculous case against him. Freeman reports of his wrongful 8 months detention, “Many people were pleading from time to time that the charges be dropped, but I wanted the case
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Subscribe now Democracy in America is broken. In the interactions of the citizenry, you'd be hard pressed to demonstrate politics even exists. Outside an exceedingly small, increasingly zealous minority, most people can't be bothered. Proof of point is a simple one. When have you ever had
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Subscribe now The United States hasn't had a battle engaged home front, well, since the end of the 19th century with Geronimo and his fellow Apaches battling across Arizona and New Mexico, although, they were both territories. I'm not sure that counts, certainly it was the
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Just made aware Hex Enduction Hour was released 40 years ago. Phew, that just makes you old. A fine hour of music, this contingent of the band made some wonderful sounds. God Loves Mark E. Smith And if the good people knew they would say, “He is not appreciated” So
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Thank you for reading Life in the 21st Century. This post is public so feel free to share it. Jogging my memory of the UN Summit in Johannesburg those years ago, made me think of and re-listen to the time I spent in South Africa. One afternoon, toward the close
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Subscribe now In American politics today, the word democracy has little meaning. Certainly, anytime democracy comes out of the mouths of America's political class, you can be assured they have no idea what they're talking about. If they did, they more than likely be against it.