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Latest — Aug 5, 2026

Musings from Missouri

On one August ballot, Missouri showed the machinery of political manipulation in daylight, and voters rejected it four to one. A look at gerrymandering, shareholder primacy, and the founders' unkept promise: a free people no patron can buy.

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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.

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Of 100 senators who repealed Glass-Steagall in 1999, nine still serve in 2026.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× TL;DR The Tea Act of 1773 made tea cheaper, not more expensive. It gave the British East India Company a monopoly and tax breaks. This hurt small merchants and colonial businesses. Young tradesmen destroyed the monopoly's tea to protest

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?