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Season 1

TUF 01: The Untilled Field: In The Clay
May 10, 2023

TUF 01: The Untilled Field: In The Clay

The Untilled Field (1903) is a volume of short stories by George Moore. Chapter one, In The Clay , features the story of a Dublin sculptor whose work has been destroyed. Who is to blame and what has caused this …

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12: Big Media - Knuckle Under Or Revolt?
Dec. 16, 2022

12: Big Media - Knuckle Under Or Revolt?

Yesterday, Twitter suspended the accounts of several high-profile journalists . In Twitter’s understaffed and diminished state, no immediate reason was given for the actions. Apparently, Twitter’s decision relates to the jour...

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11: Time To Twexit
Nov. 17, 2022

11: Time To Twexit

On Nov 1st, I created an account on Mastodon.ie. I’d been triggered by a news story. What was that story? Two days before, Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, had shared a scurrilous tale about Paul Pelosi, husband of …

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10: Cruelty Is Not Cool
Sept. 20, 2022

10: Cruelty Is Not Cool

Thoughts on Governor Ron De Santis of Florida, how he shipped migrants to Martha's Vineyard, and the long-troubled, painful relationship America has had with many arriving migrants to its shore NPR: On the Martha's Vineyard M...

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9: The Problem With Primaries
Sept. 2, 2022

9: The Problem With Primaries

Primary elections frequently result in highly partisan general election candidates. I think Alaska has figured out a better way to produce candidates that better represent voters. Alaska may be The Last Frontier state, but it...

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8: Ranked Choice Voting
Aug. 26, 2022

8: Ranked Choice Voting

How can somebody with only 26% of the vote win an election? That happened this week in the New York Democratic Primary for the 10th Congressional District. Is that good for democracy? I don't think so and I think Ranked …

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7: The Republican Coalition - Financiers and Foot Soldiers
July 15, 2022

7: The Republican Coalition - Financiers and Foot Soldiers

All American political parties are made up of coalitions, or voting blocks, that are cobbled together to support either the Republican or Democratic Party. Looking at the Republican party I see it as broken down into two majo...

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6: The Senate Filibuster - Jul 5, 2022
July 5, 2022

6: The Senate Filibuster - Jul 5, 2022

Why the Senate Filibuster needs to be eliminated. Why it's invoked more frequently by the Republican Party - the party of Non Governance. Understanding the 3 legs of Non Governance rule Some Links: Josh Marshall June 6th OpEd...

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5: A Brief History of the Republican Party
June 23, 2022

5: A Brief History of the Republican Party

How did the Republican Party become what it is today? Here's a quick sketch of its long, strange and troubling journey

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4: Dead Cattle, Stranded Assets and Guts
June 16, 2022

4: Dead Cattle, Stranded Assets and Guts

Lets talk about the real crisis faced by American and Western Democracy

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1: America and Guns - 25 May 2022
May 25, 2022

1: America and Guns - 25 May 2022

Some thoughts on yesterday's violence in Uvalde and Texas and why America struggles in regulating the distribution of guns

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0: Preview
May 18, 2022

0: Preview

Introducing Nutty in NYC. A podcast with a Midlantic view

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