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The cure for the woes of the world still exists, but is currently prey to monetized destruction.

I had a passing conversation with a familiar-ish fellow at the bar the other night, and he mentioned he was leaving the next day to go live and work in L.A. We discussed his plans a bit, and then he mentioned that having gone through one Michigan winter, he realized that he just couldn’t hang….

Back in 2007 I was one of the many who felt the rush of possibilities that attended the appearance of Barack Obama on the national stage, with the message of “hope and change.” Such an appealing prospect! The optimism attributed to our national character (at least in those days) wholly aligned with the idea of…