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America at 250: An Experiment Still Running

Posted on 2026-07-04 by The Narrator

Two hundred and fifty years. That’s an impressive number, although admittedly less impressive if you’re standing next to an Egyptian pyramid, on a Roman road or in a Chinese temple that’s older than your entire civilization. By the standards of … Continue reading →

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The True Value of a Milestone and the Devil You Know

Posted on 2026-06-07 by The Narrator

My manager retired this week. Twenty-eight years with the same company. Let that number sink in for a moment. She was a tough woman, a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, an absolute hard-ass when the mission demanded it, but a … Continue reading →

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Shiver Me Timbers, It Be Talk Like a Pirate Day! And Our Motto? Well…

Posted on 2025-09-19 by The Narrator

Ahoy, ye landlubbers and salty dogs! Today be the one day o’ the year when we cast off the shackles o’ proper English and embrace the glorious tongue o’ the buccaneer! So hoist the Jolly Roger (metaphorically, unless ye got … Continue reading →

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Freedom, Fireworks and Founding Fathers

Posted on 2025-07-04 by The Narrator

As the calendar pages turn towards July, a familiar tension begins to build in my solidly middle-class neighborhood. It’s not the anticipation of barbecues and parades, not entirely. It’s the low, rumbling dread of what’s to come: the unofficial, unsanctioned … Continue reading →

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