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Following Frank

By Kristin Ohlson This article was originally published in the online magazine “Full Grown People” in March of 2022 (a totally normal time), and has been lightly edited from its original version. I first saw Frank when I was twelve, a jittery small-town California girl starting my first week at

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Donald Trump poses with an architectural model in 1985 | Library of Congress
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In His Quest for The Presidency, Donald Trump Broke a Cardinal Rule of Selling. His 75MM "Customers" Didn't Care.

By Rafe Gomez When selling products or services, sales professionals know that a close is made possible by proving that what you offer will deliver the promised results. Documentation that a product/service can successfully address a potential buyer’s needs, goals, and challenges can include statistics, testimonials, and case
Photo by Wesley Tingey / Unsplash
7 minute read

Lament of a Disillusioned Billing Manager

By D.A.K. I have worked in home care for almost 10 years now, and I have been a billing manager for over three years. I have learned to become an expert at this stuff. I have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to
Broken bridge near Okay, OK | Dustin Moore, Flickr
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On Being the Strained Bridge Between Red and Blue America

By Clare Ashcraft My job is to seek first to understand, then to be understood. As a Bridging Coordinator and Media Analyst at AllSides, I am steeped daily in the best arguments on the political left and right, and I fervently believe understanding the other side is necessary to address
Screencap | YouTube video by Voice Quills
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I didn’t want to catch that boat, anyway.

Or, actually, let’s consider that that’s maybe not even a boat.
"We the People" inscription at the National Constitution Center | Wikimedia Commons
3 minute read

Thoughts on the Electoral College.

By Mark Rapier This article was originally published by Mark on LinkedIn and Medium, and has been lightly edited from the original. Every four years, America is reacquainted with the Electoral College. While it is generally understood, why it exists is less well known. Purpose and History. When the Constitutional
Protests and Purity Tests at Pomona.
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Protests and Purity Tests at Pomona.

By Kendall White, with photographs by the author This piece has been lightly edited from the original, which was published by The Claremont Independent. Follow up articles are here and here. Claremont SJP and PDfA instagrams. The morning of October 7, I donned an inside-out shirt, surgical mask, sunglasses, and
Circular maze | Picryl
12 minute read

The Price We Pay.

Unpacking the Dynamics of Healthcare Cost.
The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine Logo
7 minute read

Something’s Rotten with the State of Our Archives.

— By Michael J. Oghia A future where phenomena affecting digital systems including link rot, digital decay, and fickle technological changes, as well as more insidious attacks on archives via new regulatory and legal developments — such as the malicious use of Right to be Forgotten (RTBF) policy and jurisprudence — threatens to
I Should've Voted.
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I Should've Voted.

By Kaila Colbin This essay was originally written as a LinkedIn post by Kaila. The year: 2000. The election: U.S. President. The candidates: Albert Arnold Gore Jr. and George Walker Bush. I live in Florida, but I’m on the road for a work trip, and I haven'
RonTech2000 | iStock
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Boycotting Bad Sandwiches.

Boycotting bad ideas from free spaces may end up building a platform for them instead.
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10 minute read

Tangled up in Technical Support.

By Ben Meredith In 2010, I was gainfully employed as an Evangelical Christian college minister in Raleigh, North Carolina. That was such a rewarding and challenging job, not without its share of cordial-but-confrontational conversations; I was (vocationally) confronting students and faculty on a worldview level about deep-rooted existential questions! Over