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An index of my Medium articles you probably missed

The great conceit of any writer is that we assume other people want to read our stuff. There is heady blindness to truth in that regard, I’m sure, but I’m going to proceed as if.

These stories are organized by subject matter, leading off with the most important story of our time (under the heading The National Emergency). All my fiction is now here.

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Table of Contents

The National Emergency
Racism and Social Justice
Politics
Project 2025
Political Humor, Sarcasm, and Satire
​ ​ ​​ The National Divorce
​ ​ ​​​ ​ ​​​ ​ ​​​ ​ ​​​ ​ ​​​ ​ MAGA, MAGAts, and Maggots
​ ​ ​​ Political Essays
​ ​ ​​ Elections
​ ​ ​​ Regional Politics
​ ​ ​​​ ​ ​​​ ​ ​​​ ​ ​​​ ​ ​​​ ​ Texas
​ ​ ​​ SCOTUS
​ ​ ​​ Foreign Affairs
​ ​ ​ ​ ​​​ ​ ​​​ ​ ​​​ ​ ​​​ ​​​ Ukraine
​ ​ ​​ Obama
​ ​ ​​ Centrists and Never Trumpers
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