Missouri's Redistricting Crisis
How Missouri conducted its August 4, 2026 congressional primary under a map (HB 1) the state Supreme Court ruled never became law, and the constitutional fix.
Darin Lawson Hosking
Abundance Is Not Access
Can the economic model of the 1980s and 1990s survive the age of artificial intelligence? In this open reply to Peter Diamandis, Darin Lawson Hosking argues that it cannot, and that the reason is a distinction those decades taught us to ignore: abundance is not access.
We the People, Not We the Corporations
Corporations aren't citizens. They're tools we charter, and they answer to everyone who builds them: workers, customers, communities, and the nation. Here's the case for stakeholders over shareholders, why the founders feared corporate power, and how the 1970s quietly rewrote the rules.
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.
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Of 100 senators who repealed Glass-Steagall in 1999, nine still serve in 2026.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.