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The truth is expendable

January 14, 2022 Bill Kesler Uncategorized Leave a comment

In 1949, George Orwell wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four to warn of the dangers of totalitarian governments — the sort that he saw cropping up in Spain

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Trump role in pandemic

Strange times, reckless behavior, nightmare scenarios

June 22, 2021 Bill Kesler Government, Missouri region, Uncategorized Leave a comment

What a bizarre month this has been. We’ve had Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-Texas) ask if the National Forest Service might change Earth’s orbit around

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What June 1950 can teach us about June 2021

June 18, 2021 Christopher Burke History, Uncategorized Leave a comment

In June of 1950, Joe DiMaggio got his 2,000th hit. Guam was designated a United States Territory, and its residents were granted US citizenship. Budge

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The Pandemic’s Greatest Hits: Musical Blasts from the Past

March 25, 2021 Christopher Burke Pandemic, Uncategorized One comment

As I write, Miley Cyrus’s Party in the U.S.A. is sitting at number 17 on Apple’s iTunes US singles chart. Nothing remarkable, you may

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Time to Act: But what are the crucial goals?

January 14, 2021 James Wilson 2020 Election, Trump, Trump voters, Uncategorized Leave a comment

A reader asked me to analyze the statutory and constitutional tools that could and should be used to fight Trumpism now that Trumpism has

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Goodbye Washington. Hello Courtroom

January 14, 2021 Christopher Burke 2020 Election, Trump, Uncategorized One comment

In an interview with Madrid’s El País newspaper, published on January 10, Pulitzer-prize winning historian, Anne Applebaum didn’t hold back. “The Trump adventure is

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Trump’s obsession with grievance

December 18, 2020 Bill Kesler 2020 Election, Uncategorized Leave a comment

I’m a glutton for punishment. From time to time, I dip into Donald Trump’s @realDonaldTrump Twitter feed just to see what kind of insanity

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Model UN

Nine years later, my Model U.N. idea became a reality

September 19, 2020 Lonita Benson Charity & Justice, Children, Community/Common good, Uncategorized Leave a comment

I was first introduced to Civitas through my middle school gifted program. My teacher had us participate in the Civitas Model United Nations program,

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Michael Brooks

RIP Michael Brooks

July 21, 2020 Adam Levin Community/Common good, Democracy, Media, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Michael Brooks passed away yesterday. A journalist, comedian, podcaster, and socialist thinker, he was one of the most important young voices on the left.

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70

If 60 is the new 40, then I’m about to be 50

January 27, 2020 Christopher Burke People, Uncategorized 2 comments

In real life, I’m about to turn 70, or someone who looks a lot like me in the mirror in the morning is about

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