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This is The Dystopia Report. Born from the momentous civic failure of a nation, we bear witness to its consequences. Whatever happens we will not be cowed by a need to normalize events that have no precedent. Steeled to face Fox/AM’s tireless propaganda in service of the champion its nihilism produced, we refuse to accept daily insanity foisted on us by a man who never wanted his job, and exhibits hourly disdain toward its aspirations. As optimists, we don’t pursue chaos for its own sake, and much prefer the boredom of competence to the drama of government by the scurrilous whims of a fool. We are ever mindful that at the end of the day we are all in this together and the truth can only be an ally. The future is ours to make, but the past always has to be reckoned with.

April 18, 2018

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Alexis de Tocqueville called national elections in America a recurring “revolution in the name of the law.”  Perhaps the most thoughtful observer of the new world’s bold experiment, de Tocqueville was enamored with the rule of law, that guiding principle our Constitution mandated.  As the fundamental tenet that prohibited certain bloodlines (and the descendants they produced …

Upside Down

“I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.” – ABRAHAM LINCOLN This 4th of July was supposed to be special. Anyone old enough to remember the proud pomp and fanfare of our nation’s …

Bell Bottom

There is a wonderful scene early in the classic Western television miniseries Lonesome Dove. The two principal heroes of the story, legendary Texas Rangers Augustus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call, along with several others of their outfit, butcher American history over dinner.  Bolivar, the Mexican cook takes issue with Gus griping about his ringing of …