The Doctor Sez: Go See “Digger”
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How Much Should One Person Get to Say?
I think James Talarico has Musk and Republican leaders scared shitless. A Democrat who can win Texas could teach the rest of his party a hell of a lot.
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My Mother Made Sure I Could Vote
A train ride south, an argument about Reagan, and a trip to the library. What my mother taught me about thinking for myself and using my vote.
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Dispatch from Fremont Street (EDW comes correct)
We rolled out of Walla Walla with the windows down, pointed the hood south, and split the run with soft landings at Jackpot both ways, the kind of halfway stop that feels like tradition the second time you do it.
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EDW | “You’re really on the side of…Starbucks?”
Here’s the moral puzzle of the week: a $37.2 billion coffee titan that just told investors the turnaround is “taking hold” and bragged about 62 straight quarterly dividends… versus the barista who pulls your double‑nonfat‑no‑whip while…
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The Bill for Our Little War
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What Does All That Money Actually Buy?
Campaign money can buy more than advertisements. I wanted to understand who gets heard, who helps write the laws, and what happens after the votes are counted.
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Old Money Is Older Than I Thought
I went looking for the oldest fortunes. I found a banker who financed an emperor, a Leonardo in an airline seat, and families with centuries of a head start.
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Fifty People Are Sharing Two Bucks
I thought I understood wealth inequality. Then I learned what owning the wealth lets you do, and what it means to be one of the fifty people sharing two bucks.
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