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Let us find the common ground
Americans' tradition of shared spaces confronts a divided nation
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May 2023
Reflections on 'Take the Platonic Oath'
It's the Midweek Extra Edition of The Upstate American, for underwriting subscribers
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Demand the Platonic Oath
Information Disorder will only worsen as Artificial Intelligence spreads. We need a plan.
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Darwinism and the debt limit fight
Is the push to cut aid for the needy a challenge to humans' natural kindness, or a cold calculation of fitness to survive?
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Reflections on 'The better lesson of George Washington's cherry tree'
It's the Midweek Extra Edition of The UPSTATE AMERICAN, for supporting subscribers
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The better lesson of George Washington's cherry tree
There's more to the fable than the message that people of character don't lie
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Reflections on 'How to keep kids from learning about civics'
It's the Midweek Extra Edition of The UPSTATE AMERICAN, with thoughts for readers on the writing process.
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How to keep kids from learning about civics
As schools cut back, what's happening outside the classroom also discourages young people from caring about the privileges and duties of citizenship
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Reflections on 'A karmic warning from Rocky Balboa'
It's the Midweek Extra Edition of The UPSTATE AMERICAN, with thoughts for writers
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April 2023
A karmic warning from Rocky Balboa
Hold the glee over Tucker Carlson's firing from Fox -- because his brand of message manipulation isn't going away
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Innocent victims of American anger
Three shootings of young people who accidentally encountered strangers lead us to ask: Why?
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Reflections on 'A tug-of-war for democracy'
Midweek Extra Edition of The Upstate American for supporting subscribers
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