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Dick Dowdell

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The Chainsaw Experiment

America’s shift away from Constitutional governance

2d ago

A headless man in a suit takes a chainsaw to files and red tape in a government office

2d ago

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The Political Prism

Russia: From Empire to Putin

What we need to understand about Russia’s history of autocracy

5d ago

A collage of Russian scenes to portray the breadth and depth of the Russian nation.

5d ago

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Trump Is Selling Ukraine to Putin

Ukraine and maintaining world order are not real estate deals

Mar 4

Dystopian image of balance scales on the earth

Mar 4

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The Political Prism

The GOP Sold Out the Middle Class

So, why are we letting them get away with it?

Mar 2

Generated image of GOP politicians bowing down to wealthy donors standing on a pile of gold

Mar 2

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Elon Musk Unleashed

The invasion of the DOGE — for good or evil?

Feb 28

Generated image of Musk and his minions taking over Washington

Feb 28

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The Political Prism

A Republic, If You Can Keep It!

Why representative democracy is so hard to keep

Feb 24

The signing of the U.S. Constitution

Feb 24

The Trump Syndrome

How lies and broken promises have redefined American politics

Feb 22

The Trump Syndrome

Feb 22

Should We Americans Be Afraid?

The history of Presidential abuses of Constitutional norms

Feb 22

Should We Americans Be Afraid?

Feb 22

What Went Wrong for the Democrats?

How did they alienate so much of their own constituency?

Feb 20

What Went Wrong for the Democrats?

Feb 20

America’s New Gilded Age?

Billionaires tilt the balance of power

Feb 20

America’s New Gilded Age?

Feb 20

Dick Dowdell

Dick Dowdell

A former US Army officer with a wonderful wife and family, I’m a software architect and engineer who has been building software systems for 50 years.

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