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• Pascal’s Wager and the Military Profession September 9, 2026
  Military professionals spend their careers making decisions under conditions of uncertainty. It’s an inherent part of the job. No commander has ever possessed perfect information. No intelligence estimate has ever been complete. No battle plan has survived entirely intact. Yet decisions still have to be made. In many cases, they must be made before enough […]
  Charles Faint
• Your Super PAC Is Totally Independent Please Stop Laughing September 9, 2026
  Author’s Note: This is one of four pieces on how American politics ran representative government through a donor pipeline and decided “independent” means the candidate can headline the fundraiser while somebody else asks for the unlimited check. We’ll cover how we got here, how the machine works, what Washington calls corruption, and what might actually […]
  Tammy Pondsmith
• Living in a World of Facades September 9, 2026
  In the song “1000 Years” by The Gaslight Anthem, Brian Fallon sings “I heard about a woman once, who did everything ever asked of her. She died last week and her last words were, “It wasn’t worth it.” In Fight Club the narrator (Edward Norton) creates Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) to break him of his conformity and […]
  Jake Smith
• Your Citizens United Meme Needs a Lawyer September 8, 2026
  Author’s Note: This is one of four pieces on how American politics ran representative government through a donor pipeline and decided “independent” means the candidate can headline the fundraiser while somebody else asks for the unlimited check. We’ll cover how we got here, how the machine works, what Washington calls corruption, and what might actually […]
  Tammy Pondsmith
• Illegal Immigration Has an American Enabler September 8, 2026
  A guy came to work on my roof recently. I didn’t ask where he was born, how he came to the United States, or whether he had legal status. I didn’t ask to see immigration papers. Frankly, none of that occurred to me. I needed some work done on my roof, and he was there […]
  Dave Chamberlin