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Love of Country
What does it mean to love your country? The White House’s Domestic Policy Council issued a 162-page report on the Fourth of July, criticizing the National Museum of American History for supposedly failing to celebrate the nation’s history and heritage. It states, in part, that the history museum should have a warning label reading: “Warning:…
Immigration Justice
When the forces of the federal immigration crackdown, Operation Metro Surge, stormed the streets of the Twin Cities from December 4, 2025, to February 12, 2026, I was deeply affected. Although aware that our government is not always an unadulterated force for good, up to that point, I believed that it was basically on the…
Global Markets & Moral Panics
I have been reading Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy, by Colin Dickey. He relates various panics in our history, from the Salem witch trials to QAnnon. He states that “enduring narratives (are) that… secret groups are conspiring to pervert the will of the people and the rule…
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