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Delusion

My Children Will Be Better Off Than Me – a series on American values

November 17, 2025 Mark Orton 0

A cherished part of our national culture has long been the belief that parents can improve their children’s future through better education, hard work, and […]

The Peculiar Political Background of Elon Musk

April 7, 2025 theheist 0

I don’t generally pay much attention to individual players in the ongoing dramas of the world. No surprise, I am drawn to more macro, structural […]

My Year End Siege of Angers – the list –the rerun

December 29, 2023 theheist 0

Last year, at about this time,  I tapped away at the list below. In recent days I returned to the question of a new Siege […]

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