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President Biden Should Pardon the January 6th Insurrectionists

Hear me out: in doing so, he would deny Trump the satisfaction.

Dec 9

President Biden Should Pardon the January 6th Insurrectionists

Dec 9

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The Missing Middle

Public and Self-Defense or Manslaughter? The Daniel Penny Case.

Unless you’ve experienced an erratic, violent individual on a moving subway train or bus, you can’t possibly imagine the fear.

Dec 6

Public and Self-Defense or Manslaughter? The Daniel Penny Case.

Dec 6

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The Missing Middle

Can the New Woke be the Rejection of Extremes on the Left and the Right?

Let’s resolve to reject extremes and work together to seek the trut

Oct 25

Can the New Woke be the Rejection of Extremes on the Left and the Right?

Oct 25

Millennials: The Internet, Middle Age, and Death

When the early adopters get older and start losing internet friends.

Sep 16

Millennials: The Internet, Middle Age, and Death

Sep 16

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The Missing Middle

Maybe We Do Need To Have a National Conversation About Weirdness

Weirdness is inherently good, but should be called out for reasonable discussion when it goes too far into politics.

Aug 2

Maybe We Do Need To Have a National Conversation About Weirdness

Aug 2

Would a Church Survive the Scandals in The Righteous Gemstones?

A review of the many scandals weathered by the fictional megachurch.

May 28

Would a Church Survive the Scandals in The Righteous Gemstones?

May 28

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The Missing Middle

Making Sense of The (Supposed) Trump Economic Agenda

Did the left finally break the right on economic policy? Or is this more smoke and mirrors?

May 25

Making Sense of The (Supposed) Trump Economic Agenda

May 25

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The Missing Middle

Americans are More Complex Than Our Political Choices: Marijuana

Yet another way Americans buck the Republican/Democrat, left/right divide.

Feb 28

Americans are More Complex Than Our Political Choices: Marijuana

Feb 28

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The Missing Middle

Americans Are More Complex Than Our Political Choices: Immigration

Yet another way Americans buck the Republican/Democrat, left/right divide on important issues.

Feb 25

Americans Are More Complex Than Our Political Choices: Immigration

Feb 25

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The Missing Middle

Americans Are More Complex Than Our Political Choices: Abortion Rights

Another way Americans buck the Republican/Democrat, left/right divide on social issues.

Feb 20

Americans Are More Complex Than Our Political Choices: Abortion Rights

Feb 20

Alex Ashton

Alex Ashton

History, culture, family, religion, data, and technology from a center-left, civil libertarian, middle-class perspective. Publisher: The Missing Middle.

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