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A World I Wouldn’t Want to Live In

Posted on October 23, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

From Orwell’s 1984 to The Hunger Games and Ayn Rand’s Anthem, literature offers plenty of nightmarish worlds. But one novel stands apart because its fictional society feels increasingly familiar. Continue reading →

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How would you improve your community?

Posted on April 3, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

If I were going to improve my community, I wouldn’t start with some giant government program, a ribbon cutting, or a slogan painted on a sign near the interstate. Communities usually don’t struggle because they lack slogans. They struggle because … Continue reading →

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We Kept the Wrong Parts

Posted on April 2, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

We dropped some of the healthiest habits COVID taught us, but kept too much of the isolation. Somehow we became social through screens while getting less social face to face. Continue reading →

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