Author: DeViney, Jack

SPECIAL: Election Day Update(s)

Good evening (thus far): no mass reports of voter intimidation, no reports of Russian hacks (or any other hacks, for that matter) and with the first..................   read more

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Fabriquè en Babylon: Don’t Let “Them” Win

13625105_10157166608305271_771688468_nI hearken back to hallowed antiquity (or the 2012 election season, anyway), about six months after meeting a fellow corpsman I had the honor..................   read more

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SPECIAL: POTUS Debate #3 Judge’s Ballot

Don't let it fool you: this bobblehead comes complete with "Mom Teresa Lifelike Anger Pack"...and yes, we're kidding. The "Anger Pack" costs extra!
Don’t let it fool you: this bobblehead comes complete with “Mom Teresa Lifelike Anger Pack”…and yes, we’re kidding. The “Anger Pack” costs extra!

For what feels like the better part of an aeon, a near equally-endless array of the vile punditry and our hapless American citizenry have watched..................   read more

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SPECIAL: POTUS Debate #2 Judge’s Ballot

“’Tawdry,’” my Uncle Zip began, “is the word for it, I believe.” The Donald arrived at the scene of the 2nd Presidential Debate..................   read more

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Interview: On POTUS Nixon with Mr. Geoff Shepard, Esq.

Mr. Geoff Shepard, Esq.
Mr. Geoff Shepard, Esq.

DeViney, Jonathan D.:First and foremost, Mr. Shepard, on behalf of the staff and ..................   read more

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SPECIAL: POTUS Debate Judge’s Ballot

Just shy of a decade has elapsed since I last judged a round at a sanctioned debate tournament. Having competed in both parliamentary and policy debate..................   read more

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EDITORIAL

Punishing Success Won’t Breed More Success

13USColonialflagThere exists a monstrous misunderstanding of the role of modern government, the central bank..................   read more

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Fabriquè en Babylon: Bullets and “Brexit”

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Powerful non-violent demonstration at BRPD [Baton Rouge, Louisiana] ends with this young lady being arrested.
Last night, tonight or any night, as I watch the remainder tick down on what remains of “this” twenty-four hours I am watching the unfolding of a generational..................   read more

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ModState Marks Podcast Debut With “Political Beast,” Sheriff Tony Estrada

Stock press photography sourced from: Bloomberg.com
Stock press photography sourced from: Bloomberg.com

In a bit of a late showing (on the part of management), everything came together in the eleventh hour for Gabe Coker and the debut of his podcast,..................   read more

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Fabriquè en Babylon: It’s Cool to Know Nothing

It wouldn’t have been long, I’d figured, before my tour of the Cruz White House would bring me peering into the abyss. I’d’ve maintained long..................   read more

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