Sleeping Giant

A Post-Shooting, Moral Retrospective

Critical Clarification to Help Defuse the Litmus Test of Charlie Kirk

Sep 20 • 

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August 2025

Digital Media is the Reason…for All of This.

It’s ruined politics, romance, work, and mental health...and our ability to fix any of it.

Aug 10 • 

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CIA Life, and Places You Should NOT Go Backpacking

My conversation with Carl and Ben from the fantastic, Colorado-based "Backpacking and Blisters" podcast.

Aug 5 • 

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July 2025

When Government Officials Lie, Reactions Endanger Public Safety

My conversation with Joe Steagall, host of the fantastic Middle Ground Mic podcast

Jul 29 • 

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Joe Steagall

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Published in Slate: Former Bureaucrats Warn about "When You'll Know We're Gone"

Slate published personal submissions from me and eight other bureaucrats on our public service work that's now been terminated, and the cost the public…

Jul 6 • 

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We Just Became a "Generation"

The Bill that Changes Our Country for the Worse Just Made Our Actions Mean More than Ever

Jul 5 • 

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June 2025

Iran, Mayor Mamdani, the Next Threat, What Might Save Us, and More About Me Than Anyone Needs.

My conversation with Ajay on his top-rated "KAJ Masterclass" podcast.

Jun 26 • 

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Khudania Ajay

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We're More Vulnerable than Before 9/11, Mayor Pete is the Leader of the Dems, and Why You Should Take a Writing Class

My conversation with podcaster, Kevin McShan, on his show, "Let's Have This Conversation".

Jun 21 • 

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Jamelle Bouie is Wrong: Trump is Not “Weak;” the Massive Harm He’s Strong Enough to Inflict is What's Uniting the Country Against Him.

By clenching the power to improv the economy, law enforcement, and war, Trumpian harm will come for all of us...and eventually him.

Jun 19 • 

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Congratulations, You’re Smarter Than a Billionaire

Elon’s disgraced exit highlights the often tragic cost of “genius”

Jun 4 • 

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May 2025

To Evict Trump, Protest Your Local Republican

Only Two Things Have Ever Evicted a U.S. President: Death and the GOP

May 23 • 

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In the CIA, our Commitment to Analytic Consensus Kept the Country Safe. Trump Has Ended that.

Centralizing national security around himself and yes-men sidelines thousands of world-class analysts and puts every American in profound danger.

May 20 • 

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