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Jul 3, 2021

On National Narratives

“Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the pains to preserve it.” — John Adams What our national…

Independence Day

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On National Narratives
On National Narratives
Independence Day

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Published in The Startup

·Nov 1, 2020

2020: The Media, the Election, the Non-Sense

Partisanship is the defining characteristic of the American media landscape. Historically, the media seemed less partisan and more reliable because it did not have any competition. The structure of 20th-century communications technology facilitated the rise of a national, cultural elite. This elite class has an inordinate influence on American culture…

2020 Presidential Race

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2020: The Media, the Election, the Non-Sense
2020: The Media, the Election, the Non-Sense
2020 Presidential Race

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Jul 4, 2020

American Civilization

On Independence Day, I like to reflect on the historical improbability of my circumstance. I could have been born in a different place, at a different time. If I had been, I almost certainly would have lived a life of relative suffering. I might have been born in pre-history and…

Independence Day

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American Civilization
American Civilization
Independence Day

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Jun 23, 2020

Signal Test

The current cultural climate imposes self-censorship on reasonable individuals by threatening personal relationships and career prospects for breaking with the perceived consensus. This dynamic will only grow more extreme as our civic culture continues to fray and we view each other as enemies rather than neighbors. I have refrained from…

Current Events

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Signal Test
Signal Test
Current Events

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May 11, 2020

Columbus

I stood beneath a statue of Christopher Columbus, in one of many cities bearing his name, and read the following inscription: THE SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF HUMAN HISTORY AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS WHOSE IMAGINATION SHATTERED THE BOUNDARIES OF THE…

Creative Writing

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Columbus
Columbus
Creative Writing

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Adam Beckler

Adam Beckler

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Occasional writer, Ohio politico, JD.

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