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  • The Costume Shop for Moral Outrage April 2, 2026
    If you want to understand modern politics, stop looking at policy and start looking at costumes. Everyone is auditioning for the role of “resistance hero” in a play that has no script, no director, and no apparent interest in reality. The props are mass-produced, the slogans are prewritten, and the villains are selected with the […]
    Tammy Pondsmith
  • BuildNow: Why America’s AI Future Depends on Veterans and the Workforce We Choose to Build April 2, 2026
    By Mike Sarraille and Kirk Offel As artificial intelligence accelerates global competition, the United States faces a defining question: Can we build the digital infrastructure required to lead, or will we fall behind because we do not have the people to do it? That question is no longer theoretical. It is operational. The recent announcement […]
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  • What Does Your Soul Look Like? April 2, 2026
    By Ryan Mimna I keep asking myself If it’s the weather, but I know betterOh, what thoughts are kept subdued?What do silent souls scream?Do they make a sound? A language of painIn the echoes of virtue and truthA language of loveOften, we can forget ourselves Or perhaps it’s the weatherOr ethereal dreamsWhat does your soul […]
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  • Learn How to Fight… Because the Terrorists Are April 1, 2026
    There is a comforting lie we tell ourselves in polite society, especially when it comes to violence: someone else will handle it. The police. Security. A good guy who knows what he’s doing. Someone other than us. Anyone but us. But that’s a lie. It’s a lie that gets people killed. When violence erupts, it […]
    Charles Faint
  • Fayetteville and the War’s Last Days April 1, 2026
    By Cristóbal S. Berry-Cabán For seventeen years I lived a ten-minute walk from the site of the historic Fayetteville Arsenal, destroyed more than 160 years ago on Monday, March 13, 1865. Nearly every week I would walk among what remains of its ruins. My interest in the Civil War goes back to my youth. In […]
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