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5. BURN THE BOATS, Part 2

Reason for Being in the World

Sep 12 •

5. BURN THE BOATS, Part 1

Reason for Being in the World

Sep 5 •

"Reason for Being in The World": Recap and Return

Regular readers of Homo Vitruvius will recall that before I was interrupted in early summer by national events and my move, I was in the midst of the…

Aug 30 •

American Samizdat: Character and Courage

The Republican Opposition to Trump

Aug 27 •

American Samizdat: The Sweetgum Dark

"Night, Death, Mississippi"

Aug 20 •

American Samizdat: Conscience and Human Judgment

Determinants of our fate

Aug 1 •

American Samizdat: The Cognitive and Human Divide

It isn't partisan. It isn't equal.

Jul 22 •

American Samizdat: The Hinge of Fate

This November, the United States and the world will turn on it.

Jul 16 •

The Necessary, Honorable Thing

Jul 11 •

Complacent America

Introducing American Samizdat

Jul 8 •

Talking with My Father, 93, While Reading the Sunday Paper over Breakfast, Distinguishing the First from the Second Time

Homo Vitruvius represents my literary face to the world while I work on novels behind the scenes.

Jun 27 •

Boats Against the Current: Reason for Being in the World, Part 4

An Experiment in Intellectual and Spiritual Accounting

Jun 20 •

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