American Memoir 2025

American Memoir 2025

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Escalate to De-Escalate
I was on a call with my friend SBC, who is way better read than me, especially around what’s happening in this country.
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It Was a Rough Week Until...
I think it’s been a rough week.
Expanding Our Political POV
“Chris, I’m a well read observer of the world around me.” - A friend years ago, who spends hours reading the paper, but never acting on what he reads.
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Rebuttal to DT's Speech to Congress
I didn’t watch it.
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Buffett, Soros, Musk, & Trump
I’ve been thinking a lot about billionaires lately.
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February 2025

Tomorrow. Cash Only!
It’s tomorrow.
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It Starts with Reagan. All of It.
Whenever my friends and I start discussing how we got here, how we missed the signs, when did it start, who started it, I always say for me it started…
The Newsboys & Pulitzer and Hearst. Courage is contagious.
My friend Carol texted me yesterday, “Remember that courage is contagious.” Yes, it is, and when I read about the newsboys of New York City going up…
The Warsaw Ghetto & America In This Moment
In the Warsaw Ghetto, the Germans didn’t just round up Jews for the trains—they enlisted Jewish leaders to do it.
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Black Out Dates
Just after the election, I started my nagging about following the money—how our dollars will be what brings these thugs to their knees.
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Out of the Ashes of Palisades, She Rises
It’s Sunday; here is my story to inspire because this woman from so long ago, is now my inspiration.
Pete Buttigieg, Come On Down!
Pete Buttigieg, Come On Down!
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