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Progressive Diary offers informal observations on progressive life and governance. Essays offers formal writing on progressive principles, policies, and issues and the state of the nation.
Progressive Diary
Fiddles and Democracy—March 2011
Twelve musicians sat in a circle, fiddles in hand, as the instructor played a tune with short shuffle strokes and then with long saw strokes. I sat across the room with pen in hand, watching and listening as a lesson in democracy began to unfold.... Read more.
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Essays
Alexander Hamilton to One-Percenters: "Rubbish!"
Some corporate commentators writing about the Occupy Wall Street movement have claimed that America’s founders, particularly Alexander Hamilton, would have sided with the wealthiest one percent and their cut-and-gut fiscal policies. But history just doesn't support the claim.... Read more.
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