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“Thoughts and Prayers” or “Hopes and Prayers”? Language, Comfort, and Responsibility
Introduction When tragedy strikes, public language narrows to a few familiar phrases: “our thoughts and prayers are with you” and, increasingly, “our hopes and prayers are with you.” This report examines what, if anything, meaningfully separates those formulas—and why they now provoke both comfort and backlash. Drawing on religious reflections,… Listen ⇢
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AI Lyric Analysis: “Hopes and Prayers” by Realizing Resonance
What does AI think about this one? Hopes and PrayersBy Realizing Resonance Verse:Put one foot in front of the otherTake one day at a timeSunny day, enjoy the weatherIt’s gonna be sublime Chorus:Hopes and prayersKnow it’s way offHopes and prayersTake the day offI wanna goI wanna go Verse:Put one foot… Listen ⇢
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Piercing the “Federal Immunity” Myth: ICE, the Supremacy Clause, and Accountability
Introduction This report examines what legal “immunity” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers actually possess—and what they do not. It first unpacks Supremacy Clause doctrine, tracing how a narrow, judge‑made protection against obstructive state prosecutions has been inflated into claims of sweeping “federal immunity.” It then uses the killing of… Listen ⇢
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“You Are Not Harmed Unless You Think So”: Marcus Aurelius for Hard Days
Introduction When people reach for Marcus Aurelius on a difficult day, they often grab de‑contextualized slogans: “You have power over your mind,” “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” This report reconnects those lines to their original Stoic backbone. First, it examines how translation, doctrine,… Listen ⇢
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When Presidents Steer Rates: How Politicized Monetary Policy Could Reshape the U.S. Economy
Introduction What happens when the White House, not the Federal Reserve, effectively sets interest rates? This report examines the economic risks of a president informally controlling U.S. monetary policy in 2026. We first survey the theory and evidence behind central bank independence, showing how political interference tends to raise inflation… Listen ⇢
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Rules, Reality, and the Fed: Rethinking the Taylor Benchmark
Introduction This report asks whether current Federal Reserve policy matches what one would expect from a Taylor rule—and what “following the Taylor rule” now actually means. We begin by tracing how the rule’s core ingredients (inflation measure, output-gap weight, and r*) have been redefined, and how those recalibrations change the… Listen ⇢
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“My Own Morality”: Trump’s Ethics and the Boundaries of American Power
Introduction When a president claims that only his “own morality” can restrain his power to “strike, invade or coerce nations around the world,” the question is no longer abstract: What, in practice, does that morality permit? This report examines Donald Trump’s self‑described moral compass through his own words and record… Listen ⇢
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Iran’s 2025–26 Protests: Economic Collapse, Information Flows, and the Future of the Islamic Republic
Introduction Iran’s latest nationwide protests, ignited by a collapsing currency and spiraling prices, have rapidly evolved into one of the most serious challenges the Islamic Republic has faced since 1979. This report situates the 2025–26 unrest in three intersecting transformations: a structural economic crisis that narrows the regime’s room for… Listen ⇢
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From King Street to Karmel Mall: State Violence Then and Now
Introduction On a winter evening in 1770, musket fire on Boston’s King Street turned a simmering colonial dispute into “The Bloody Massacre.” On a winter afternoon in 2026, gunshots on a Minneapolis block near Karmel Mall turned an ICE raid into a national flashpoint. This report compares these two episodes… Listen ⇢
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