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Remain Determined, Take A Vacation
"When somebody sees Austin and says how beautiful and wonderful it is, I always say we had to work hard to get it this way, and we have to work hard to…
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Can We Have A Future That Benefits from the Lessons of Our Past?
"The past is always infinitely stranger and more interesting than we imagine; paradoxically, most of it is consigned with stunning rapidity to…
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You Can Change Your Mind and the World
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Can We Have A Future That Benefits from the Lessons of Our Past?
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Please Bow Your Head, The Golden Age of American Exceptionalism Has Begun
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How Do We Prepare for Tyranny and the Revolution?
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You Can Change Your Mind and the World
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Tale of The Green Donkey
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Nourished by New York in November
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What Must We Do Differently to Achieve Better Results?
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The Bros of Big Tech Want Our Money, Dignity, and Freedom
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First We Resist, Then We Dance
“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” —Sinclair Lewis
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It's Time To "Create Dangerously" Again
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Please Bow Your Head, The Golden Age of American Exceptionalism Has Begun
“Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.” ―Edward Abbey
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Where Have All the Pale Ales Gone?
“For a quart of Ale is a dish for a king.” ―William Shakespeare
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Words You Can Believe
"Is advertising worth saving? Yes, if we can learn to look at advertising not as a means for filling so much space and time but as a technique for…
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How Do We Prepare for Tyranny and the Revolution?
"Truth must be assembled." -Heinrich Böll
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Indifference Is Surrender And We Will Never Surrender
"We forward in this generation triumphantly. Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?" -Robert Nesta Marley
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