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Practice Persuasion Against Pundits, Politicians, and Provocateurs
There is an old Aesop Fable about the Wind and the Sun engaged in a dispute as to which was the most powerful. Suddenly...
Can Your Vote Be Bought?
While you might not wake up with a pile of crisp $100 bills stacked at your doorstep, we should hold no illusions that politicians...
Are We Protecting Grandma?
During the pandemic, public health weaponized the need to “protect grandma” with lockdowns. The pseudoscience recommendations for lockdowns, quarantines of healthy people, and “social...
The Popular Sheriff of Nottingham
There is a point in the movie Robin Hood (the only good one, with the fox and bear that came out in 1973) where...
Bring the Past Into the Present
“Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors...
Democrats Are the Threat to Democracy
“When Democrats lose, they have a habit of escalating by demanding to change the rules: end the filibuster; override voting laws in 50 states,...