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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.
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"We the People" inscription at the National Constitution Center | Wikimedia Commons

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
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Protests and Purity Tests at Pomona.

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
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Circular maze | Picryl

The Price We Pay.

Unpacking the Dynamics of Healthcare Cost.
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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.

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'
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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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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
A bridge washout caused by Helene. (Photo credit: The author’s firefighter friend)

Hurricane Helene in the North Carolina Mountains.

How it unfolded from a radio operator’s perspective.
Inside the Lakewood Church, 2013 | Wikimedia Commons

Power and Piety.

By Joshua Majeski As an Evangelical Christian, I never thought hearing the phrase “Christ is King” would make me cringe. But in the last couple of years, I've seen this basic articulation of Christian faith used in a way that makes me feel a combination of anger, shame,
La Destruction du temple de Jérusalem - Nicolas Poussin - Israel Museum

From Reflection to Repentance

By Dinah Bucholz  The soon-to-be Roman emperor Vespasian was taking his time. It was the first century CE, and he had instructed his legions to surround Jerusalem. When his soldiers grew impatient from inaction, Vespasian explained the long wait to breach the city walls: Jewish infighting had gotten so intense
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Downtown Folsom | Wayne Hsieh, Flickr

Folsom, CA: A love story (to the hometown I once knew)

By Sarah Norberg Maybe everyone grows up underappreciating or even resenting their hometown. I distinctly remember complaining with my friends in high school about the limitations of Folsom, California — a suburb east of Sacramento — where we had grown up in privilege: boring, upper-middle class bourgeoisie with top performing public schools,