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Music, Particular Orders, The 51st State

The 51 Best Songs to Come Out of the 51st State in the Past 365 Days

“I once thought I had mono for an entire year. It turned out I was just really bored.” – Wayne Campbell

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Half-Baked Ideas to Save the World, Son of Sam Seaborn, The 2020 Election

SON OF SAM SEABORN: Half-Baked Ideas to Win the Georgia Runoff Election

To quote the greatest political mind of our generation, “Honestly, I am dumb. Most of the time I’m just playing smart.” I am the Son…

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Blade Runner, Son of Sam Seaborn, The 2020 Election

SON OF SAM SEABORN: How to Sound Like a Human When Phone Banking

To quote the greatest political mind of our generation, “Honestly, I am dumb. Most of the time I’m just playing smart.” I am the Son…

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Master Debating, Son of Sam Seaborn, The 2020 Election

SON OF SAM SEABORN: How to Master a Debate Like a Master Debater

To quote the greatest political mind of our generation, “Honestly, I am dumb. Most of the time I’m just playing smart.” I am the Son…

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Half-Baked Ideas to Save the World, Son of Sam Seaborn, The 2020 Election

SON OF SAM SEABORN: Half-Baked Ideas to Win the Election

To quote the greatest political mind of our generation, “Honestly, I am dumb. Most of the time I’m just playing smart.” I am the Son…

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Black Lives Matter, Protests, The American Experiment

A Visual Compendium of Police Brutality

“For some, the lucid reality that not all cops are knights in shining Kevlar armor needs more than digital ink on a screen to be accepted.”

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Big Tents, Symbolic Gestures, The 2020 Election

The Democratic National Convention Olympic Torch Relay, an idea

Thirty six years ago, Gina Hemphill — the granddaughter of Jesse Owens — carried the Olympic Torch into the Los Angeles Coliseum, completed a lap…

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Big Thinking, Son of Sam Seaborn, The 2020 Election

SON OF SAM SEABORN: The Eagerly Awaited “Big Think” Deck

To quote the greatest political mind of our generation, “Honestly, I am dumb. Most of the time I’m just playing smart.” I am the Son…

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COVID-19, Self-Evacuations, We As Americans

“They Got Caught”: Two Americans’ Attempt to Evacuate Madagascar

“We’re trying to get them out. And you know, they got caught. They were late with their flights. We gave them a period of time. They didn’t make it.”

— President Trump

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Jerry Maguire, Mission Statements, The Media Industry

The Things We Think and Do Not Write: The Future of Our Industry

“It is time to not second guess, to move forward, to make mistakes if we have to, but to do it with a greater good in mind.” — Jerry Maguire

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