What?
by Barbara Finnicum (I haven't figured out how to change authors. I will. In the meanwhile, Barbara wrote this). Please help me get my readers back
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Joe Zeigler
Joe, with degrees in engineering and economics, raced motorcycles, founded 3 software companies, and launched one of the first computer store chains. Now he writes novels and Ghost essays while traveling with his wife, Lanying, and their cat, Cat.
What's the plan?
the story of the site May 12, 2025 Writing is how I stitch meaning into a world unraveling at the seams. It grounds me—quieting the static, ordering
The Enemy
Enemy0:00/149.4185711× We have met the enemy, and it is us. Pogo said that in 1970. A cartoon possum nailed the dark heart of American life
a wretched situation
There was a time I felt proud of the United States. Not blindly, not without criticism, but with a sense that we were striving toward something better. Our
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The Doctor Has Left the Building
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not a doctor. He’s a lawyer. And not the kind who reads medical journals. He’s the kind who sues vaccine makers,
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The Premise
The strategy is simple: start with a lie so big, everyone else ends up debating inside it. We’ve hit the part of the American story where facts
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Happy Happy
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Despondent, I Am
Despondent, I am. Hopefully, just a grumpy old man. Unhappy with the way things are—for no good reason. That would be good. That would be great. Maybe