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Subscribers to the Editorial Board got to read today’s edition about why our current crisis of morality and democratic faith is best illustrated by a column in the Washington Post in which grown men and women pity themselves for having to do dishes. Citizens, or members of a political community, do what needs to be done…

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Only subscribers got to read today’s column about why it takes more than political pressure to turn your back on your country. It takes an overwhelming lust for power. Ron Johnson seems ready to go where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wouldn’t go, picking up where Donald Trump left off in attempting to betray the US…

Still time to save 20%

Hiya! Some of you might have missed yesterday offer to get 20% off the annual price, which is itself 20% off the monthly price. I sent the offer yesterday because the paywall went back up today. The response was so good, however, I thought I’d better offer it again. So subscribe within the next 8…

Save 20% before paywall goes back up

Hi all! I’m writing to remind you the paywall is going back up tomorrow. May 20 is the somewhat arbitrary date of economic reboot in my state of Connecticut. Taking the paywall down during a pandemic was the right thing to do, but it’s unwise to keep it down. But before free time ends, please…