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Boring Politics: It’s Everything I Dreamt It Might Be

By Chris Ladd February 26, 2021 February 26, 2021

It’s so nice to be bored by politics.

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Things I’ve Learned So Far

By Chris Ladd February 12, 2021 February 12, 2021

Here are a few of the more surprising things I’ve discovered.

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Progress Report 2

By Chris Ladd January 25, 2021 January 25, 2021

Over the past few weeks I’ve stepped back from posting to hash through this question at length. The research has been fascinating and surprising.

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Our Population Has Shrunk Since the Election

Our Population Has Shrunk Since the Election

By Chris Ladd January 14, 2021 January 15, 2021

By any reasonable estimate we will be a smaller country on Inauguration Day 2021 than we were on Election Day 2020.

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View from the Cheap Seats: Concern. Sadness. Mourning. Next Steps…

By Paul S. January 11, 2021 January 10, 2021

I was getting ready to write this long piece about how the last few days’ events have affected me and my beloved. I was sitting down to type on this chilly Sunday afternoon in Texas when I logged in, saw that Chris had already written something so much better than …

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There Will Be No Peaceful End to This Crisis

There Will Be No Peaceful End to This Crisis

By Chris Ladd January 10, 2021 January 10, 2021

Our white supremacists, who are our Nazis, will not live peacefully under a government dominated by a diverse, urban majority.

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Progress Report

By Chris Ladd January 1, 2021 January 1, 2021

The first four posts are mostly finished. A few excerpts are posted below.

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A Holiday Pause

By Chris Ladd December 21, 2020 December 21, 2020

May the new year bring you joy. And relief.

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Hillbilly Effigy: Whitewashing Poverty

Hillbilly Effigy: Whitewashing Poverty

By Chris Ladd December 11, 2020 December 12, 2020

Hillbilly Elegy is as artistically interesting as an after school special, introducing the audience to the virtues of doing your homework and saying “no” to drugs.

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Link Roundup, 12/4/2020

By Chris Ladd December 4, 2020 December 4, 2020

A political orphan’s guide to current events.

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