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• They Bought Both Sides June 16, 2026
  There was a time when Americans were told the country was split between left and right, as if citizenship were a booth at a county fair and democracy came with two sad dipping sauces. Pick a team, buy the hat, hate your neighbor, and pretend you’re participating in self-government while a pharmaceutical lobbyist parks a […]
  Tammy Pondsmith
• No Road Map June 16, 2026
  In my mind, I’m still twenty-one years old, boarding a plane, and scared to go to a war I don’t believe in. The reflection on the black screen of my phone shows a man over twice that age with a white beard and graying hair. Where has my youth gone? At a recent speaking engagement […]
  Stan Lake
• Sunset, A Fight, A Prayer June 16, 2026
  Another evening comes to Afghanistan. Sun’s rays brilliantly paint the skies.Under reds and maroons,Night slowly creeps down passes,Settling into the valleys.Eastward, the Hindu Kush rangeThrows off daylight, slips into black. Another evening comes to Afghanistan. Fire from an RPG screams through the air.“Incoming! Incoming!” is bellowed.Grenades explode in the night.“Here comes another!Take cover and stay […]
  Lou Marin
• Bonhoeffer’s “Theory of Stupidity” and… YOU June 15, 2026
  Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against […]
  Charles Faint
• S.O.S. Came Home With Them June 15, 2026
  By Cristóbal S. Berry-Cabán On a quiet Sunday afternoon in East Orange, New Jersey, in December 1941, a generation of young Americans had their lives upended over radios and soda fountains. For 16-year-old Charles W. Berry, the news arrived while he was taking a quick break from the local roller skating rink. Writing in 1990, […]
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