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Does Respect for Diversity Include State Laws and Local Culture?
Would I pay extra to stay gay-married in Montana?
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Resisting processed food and speculation
I can't do it every day.
Aug 16
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Joel Byron Barker
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Take a Senate Seat From MAGA? Or, Back a Candidate Who Cannot Win?
Every state gets two Senators, whether you are California or Montana. Why risk such an important seat on a candidate who cannot win?
Aug 9
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On losing Glen Hansard
He shows that sincerity and community can survive within us despite empire and industry.
Aug 2
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Joel Byron Barker
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July 2026
Ned Ludd, Aging, and a Hope for Ethical Tech
Instinct sent me on a road-trip last week. I spent time with friends, and alone, asking "who benefits from technology?" My soundtrack was Magnifica…
Jul 26
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Leo Marcel Schuman
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Hope Versus Tech Bros
From cynic to encyclical
Jul 19
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Joel Byron Barker
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Depending on the Independents: Useful Politics in Super-Majority States
What do efforts to ban hunting and fishing (Oregon's IP-28) have to do with Montana running an Independent (Seth Bodnar) for Senate?
Jul 12
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Leo Marcel Schuman
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Fifth of July 1776, Fifth of July 2026
I believe in you.
Jul 5
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Joel Byron Barker
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June 2026
Politics as if Other States Matter
Lazy Democratic messaging lets their party fringe define them. And us.
Jun 28
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Leo Marcel Schuman
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Greater Idaho, The PEACE Act, and a Better Oregon to Come
No _you_ started it.
Jun 21
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Joel Byron Barker
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Religion Needs an Upgrade
Any god big enough for the known universe cannot fit inside our skulls.
Jun 14
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Leo Marcel Schuman
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The Good Friction of Bend First Friday
Fostering perspective through exposure
Jun 7
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Joel Byron Barker
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