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A Fable

Once upon a time, there was a man walking down a country lane. It was a beautiful spring day. Birds were singing. A gentle breeze was blowing through the trees. It was a perfect day. As the man went about his journey, he came upon an older brother who was Read more…

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Troubling Reports

Like Aotearoa and Australia, the lands of the Americas have seen tremendous bloodshed over the last thousand years. Some of that blood was shed at the hands of our (my) ancestors and some by the ancestors of the Spanish, Portuguese, British, and French. These continents are not strangers to violence Read more…

Announcing Décret 3792

There’s a common Russian phrase from the darker days of the Imperium: “they pretend to pay us and we pretend to work”. How much is contained within that one phrase! In just ten words the breakdown of an entire social contract is evidenced. The world is built on social contracts: Read more…