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The opposite of leadership is drama
a study in contrasts
Feb 19
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The Trillion Dollar Silence
The "ghost budget" that funds US wars
Feb 12
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Can I give you some feedback?
notes on the hazards of giving notes
Feb 6
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January 2026
Is life a U-shaped curve?
on change, grief, happiness and surgical residencies
Jan 29
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Who has the power?
Friendship, song, and connection
Jan 22
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From bully to empire
childhood trauma and authoritarian chaos
Jan 15
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Might makes Right (and rhymes)
a brief look at American inevitability
Jan 8
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Alongside the path runs a stream
On daily strength, borrowed wisdom, and a way of entering the year refreshed
Jan 1
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December 2025
A Child's Christmas in Delaware
Reconstructing a childhood Christmas from available evidence
Dec 25, 2025
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Cracking the Nutcracker
What a holiday ballet reveals about tradition, vision, and creative courage
Dec 18, 2025
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Words, words and 27 years of walking
what a philosopher, a playwright and a paratrooper tell us about wanting to know
Dec 11, 2025
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That old time religion
ancestral evidence of doubting dogma
Dec 4, 2025
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