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Increasingly Reasonable Magical Thinking
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1688+ words) On August 15, we discussed the Republican vote to bulldoze Big Bend, specifically the three Republicans from Texas who cast that vote. Last weekend, Progress Texas followed up on that article with an interview featuring all three Democrats running against those…...
Letter: Why work for the king when basic needs can’t be met?
2+ week, 15+ hour ago (148+ words) (Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) People protest the Stratos data center project at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, Thursday, May 14, 2026. Tech billionaires buying tropical islands to build their bunker getaways are confident they will safely survive an economic…...
Can democracies survive their openness in the digital and AI age?
3+ week, 4+ day ago (172+ words) Britain offers another example. Brexit demonstrated that a referendum could bypass much of the traditional party-mediated political process and produce a political shock that Parliament struggled to manage. Hungary illustrates a more direct form of democratic erosion. Viktor Orbán and…...
Smart Moves Americas: Governments That Think Ahead
4+ week, 1+ day ago (535+ words) EXPAND YOUR CHESS HORIZONS Costa Rica was a natural place to hold the conversation. In 2022 the country passed Law No. 10187, establishing chess instruction in public schools as a matter of national significance, and the current Chess in Education 2026 initiative has…...