Precipice

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Trumpism isn't coherent, but it does have a discernible shape
But that may mean it can't outlast its namesake
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More obscene and perilous by the hour
Not content to dismantle the post-1945 order, the Very Stable Genius has to make a gaudy display of self-glorification to go about it - but the true…
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Trade, security, character, and the prospects for a viable West
One big baby is upending the post-1945 international order
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A tentative step toward optimism
. . . and the level of national life that must be addressed if anything is to come of it
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July 2025

Inured to what we've permitted, desperate for signs of a way back
There is one, but it keeps getting harder to see
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Faith, generational thinking, and an increasingly unfamiliar future
Reflections of a Boomer who definitely wasn't raised evangelical and in fact was unserious about spiritual matters until relatively recently
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I admire their optimism
. . . and am constantly looking for my own reasons to share it
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Beyond providing safety, what is the appeal of the Narrow Sliver of Terrain?
A joyous conversation among those interested in ultimate truths
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July 4th reflections
Am I patriotic and optimistic? Maybe on some levels; on some others . . .
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The untethered self
. . . and the stubborn immutability of the universe's givens
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June 2025

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