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Farmers keep going. So do soldiers. And us?
Lessons of the fall in a time of national distress.
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Lessons of Argyll in facing today's tyrant
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Violence is not our inevitable future
The next step after Charlie Kirk's assassination may depend upon our expectations
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Seven words for the resistance
Like learning to discern a wine's flavor, we must understand how we describe our objectives in order to confront Donald Trump's authoritarian rule
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On county fairs and mistreated workers
Labor Day Weekend evokes both memories and thoughts of those mistreated by Trump's purge
Aug 30
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Buttering up the Boss of America
Donald Trump loves flattery, but those of us who aren't so inclined have other tools at our disposal
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How the arts challenge Trumpism
The human spirit is sustained by exposure to the arts. That's not good for would-be autocrats.
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Galloping backwards in Trump's America
In countless ways, the president wants to return us to earlier times. What do you suppose he is afraid of?
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