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Latest — Jul 29, 2026

The Broken Scorecard

Shareholder primacy is the root of neoliberalism, but it was never a law of economics. Adam Smith rejected it, early US law barred it, and the courts buried it for 60 years, until the 1980s revived it. Here is how one broken idea rewired the economy and eroded public freedom.

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Springfield’s Flock Cameras

Flock cameras may help solve crimes, but should Springfield, Missouri let a private system track innocent drivers without warrants, audits, or public control? Safety matters. So do liberty and accountability. Where should we draw the line?

Show-Me Prosperity Fund: Missouri 2026 Ballot, Decoded

Amendment 7 builds a sovereign wealth fund and points it at Wall Street, not Missourians. A maker/taker reading of Missouri's 2026 ballot, and who it serves.

The American Dream Was Sold for Parts: How Bernays, Consumerism, and Corporate Capture Broke It

The American Dream was never a house and a job. It was an aspiration, deliberately broken into pieces: sold to you at home through Edward Bernays and consumerism, and stripped for parts abroad through oil and corporate capture. Here is how it was done, and who did it.

Glass-Steagall Repeal: The 9 Who Voted Yes Still Run the Senate

Of 100 senators who repealed Glass-Steagall in 1999, nine still serve in 2026. All nine voted yes. They now run Finance, Appropriations, and the Senate floor.

The Trivium Method: How to Out-Learn AI in Any Field

AI perfected rote memorization, and you can't out-remember a machine. The real edge is learning to learn: the recursive Trivium, and the lived experience no AI can reach.

The Machine Won the Memory Contest. Now What?

AI now out-recalls the experts, so rote schooling is dead. Machines cannot copy judgment or lived experience. The fix is old: the Trivium (gather, test, express) and the journeyman's road. Stop memorizing. Start journeying.

The Boston Tea Party Was an Anti-Monopoly Raid

Why Colonists Destroyed Cheap Tea0:00/678.4406351× The version most Americans learned in school goes like this: colonists were furious about a tax on tea, they cried "no taxation without representation," they threw the tea into the harbor, and from that angry refusal of taxes, the Revolution

Andy’s Frozen Custard vs People

Springfield’s Andy’s Frozen Custard $32 million bond fight raises a bigger question: should taxpayers fund long tax abatements for profitable local brands, or demand clear public returns first?

America Has Forgotten What Made It Great

From the Boston Tea Party to today, America’s dream has been captured by corporate power. Its renewal depends on solidarity, truth in education, transparency, accountability, and a voice for all people.