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February 16, 2026
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The Primacy of the People

Bryan Watson6 years ago02 mins

We trust in the institution of government, a government that is, in the end, made up of all of us, all of the people, a government that creates the law by which we agree to be governed.

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Mars Insight, Earth Insight

Bryan Watson7 years ago02 mins

Almost 50 years ago, I was transfixed as a NASA astronaut climbed down a ladder and pressed his boot into the grainy surface of the moon. A week ago, I sat transfixed as NASA guided a vehicle to a soft landing in Elysium Planitia, a “flat, boring equatorial plain” on a planet 300 million miles…

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Is This Heaven?

Bryan Watson6 years ago5 years ago02 mins

But for the 24-hour political newscasters, the Iowa caucus results were a panic moment. And now, 36 hours later, they are still mumbling and grumbling, talking about apps and coding problems and the horror of having to wait.

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Who needs democracy?

Bryan Watson4 years ago4 years ago02 mins

For most people, democracy only exists on election day. And for many people, the vote itself was lost long ago. For them, democracy has no place in their lives. They feel that their vote and their voice already don’t matter.

For them, losing democracy isn’t something to worry about

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“There Is No Accurate Information”

Bryan Watson4 years ago4 years ago04 mins

Because Republicans have such a long history of “voter-phobia”, they were particularly susceptible to claims of “voter fraud”. Since that claim has been popular among Republican spokespeople for decades, Republican voters were easy pickings in 2020.

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Message-Making: The Biden Speech

Bryan Watson3 years ago04 mins

The speech is a lesson in the tactics, large and small, that hold a message together and burn your ideas into your audience’s consciousness. Repetition. Litanies. Framing. Promoting your Values, naming the Villain, holding out a Vision.

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Imprison People Because Jobs and Taxes: Michigan Value?

Bryan Watson7 years ago02 mins

There’s money to be made, and there are jobs to be created, by imprisoning people. And there are many private, for-profit companies feeding at that trough.

Is that a Michigan Value?

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Lady Liberty

Bryan Watson7 years ago5 years ago03 mins

A wall is a nightmare. A wall is the opposite of what America offers the world. A wall says:

America is Closed

America must never be closed.

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CHANNELLING Behavior : Rewards and Punishments through the Tax System

Bryan Watson9 years ago01 mins

Channelling is an important element of the tax system. We have no other way of rewarding – therefore, encouraging – good behavior. And we can’t punish – therefore, discourage – bad behavior except by making it illegal, and our Constitution and other rights often prevent us from doing that.

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Step Away – Find Your Pathway

Bryan Watson5 years ago5 years ago03 mins

perhaps these months away from the job have allowed workers to think about the work they were doing, the pay, the benefits, the responsibilities, the supervision, the hours. Perhaps they took the time to examine the path they were on – to re-imagine the career path that they had once dreamed of, the one they were now too busy – too exhausted – to pursue at the end of the day.

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