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A hard conversation about police violence and gun control
A robust Second Amendment right comes with deadly serious responsibilities
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Jonathan Blanks
The lies we tell ourselves
And the political fights to keep telling them to others
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Jonathan Blanks

June 2024

Systemic racism, the border, and Barbara’s rhubarb
A COVID-shortened update
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Jonathan Blanks
Thinking about who we are and who we want to be
People will fight over collective memory and identities, but both are flawed and fluid
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Jonathan Blanks
Wrestling with our base extremism
My struggle to maintain thoughfulness amidst the politics of enemies
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Jonathan Blanks
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September 2023

Two essays you should read this weekend
Balancing grief, respect, and self-image in today's world
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Jonathan Blanks

August 2023

Vague criminal laws are worse than book bans
A writer blames the targets of the culture war raging in our public spaces
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Jonathan Blanks
This week in implausible deniability
The power of denial and how we continue to reap the whirlwind of GOP capitulation to Trump
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Jonathan Blanks

July 2023

“And the Requiem Bell Rang Mournfully and Clear”
Reflecting on the righteous and the wicked in music news
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Jonathan Blanks
The Art of Passing
Some battles just aren't worth fighting
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Jonathan Blanks

May 2023

Soiling Old Glory
For this Memorial Day, a reflection on service, the flag, and America's mixed record of expanding its promise of freedom
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Jonathan Blanks
“He must belong only to the validity of his ideas.”
I return to (longer) form after ghosting Twitter
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