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jeffreystayton.bsky.social @jeffreystayton.bsky.social · Nov 3
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Ya Down With AOC (Yeah, You Know Me): How Do You Take Your Socialism?
American voters tend to describe themselves as either “centrist” or “independent,” which is kind of like saying, “I’m normal.” Others declare party affiliation or which flavor “liberal” or “conservati...
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“Shut the Fuck Up, Donny” (Or, Happy New Year, Donny—now shut the fuck up)
I have known my wife since Autumn 2017.
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January 2, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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It Wasn’t All Bad: The Year in Review of Books
A year ago my wife and I were getting ready for our Patagonia trip, which was breathtaking if a haul.
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December 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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“It’s The Great Solstice, Charlie Brown!” (Or, The Winter of Our Discontent)
For my wife and I the holidays go from Halloween till sometime after Christmas.
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December 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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“It’s The Great Solstice, Charlie Brown!” (Or, The Winter of Our Discontent)
For my wife and I the holidays go from Halloween till sometime after Christmas.
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December 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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“BURR: THE MUSICAL?” American Nobodies (and the Somebodies that Suffer Them)
When my wife and I drive into Houston, usually to view an art exhibition and eat Vietnamese food, we inevitably turn onto I-45 South toward downtown and pass under an overpass where “BE SOMEBODY” has ...
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December 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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“BURR: THE MUSICAL?” American Nobodies (and the Somebodies that Suffer Them)
When my wife and I drive into Houston, usually to view an art exhibition and eat Vietnamese food, we inevitably turn onto I-45 South toward downtown and pass under an overpass where “BE SOMEBODY” has ...
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December 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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If Anyone Can Be President Now: Why Not Me?
“There are no second acts in American lives,” F.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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The War on Drugs and Terror: Just Following Orders in the Americas
I have been reading about our Founding Fathers more lately, particularly Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, the two most responsible for establishing our modern Republican and Democratic parties...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Strong Hearts Societies: When Men of a Certain Gather These Days
I caught up recently with a few friends, some I hadn’t talked to in about a year or so.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Strong Hearts Societies: When Men of a Certain Gather These Days
I caught up recently with a few friends, some I hadn’t talked to in about a year or so.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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What the People Believe Is True: Talkin’ Bout my G…G…Generation…!!!
By now Thanksgiving is mostly over nationwide.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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The Three Sisters: Thanksgiving in a Time of Uncertainty
Ever since I married into my wife’s family—five generations deep with dozens of cousins—I have come to look upon the holiday as the Super Bowl of our holidays.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Hero Twins of the Americas: Why Melissa Fuentes Feels No “Twin Bond” with Her Brother Nick
Thanksgiving means a lot of things to most families.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Whatever Happened to the Sermon on the Mount? Texas Law Codes (and the Bum Steers That Ignore Them)
I have had to consider the Rule of Law more in one single year than probably over the past decade or so.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Liberace Unmasked: How the Slobs versus the Snobs Works in America
Donald J.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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“Politics Ain’t Bean Bag”: All the Predators’ Men (Take Four?)
Where did they find these ku klux klowns, dwarf podcasters and Peter Pan tech tycoons?
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November 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Without Women, There is No Revolution: All the Predators’ Men (Take Two)
America has finally strayed into the Uncanny this past week.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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“Patting Tortillas”: All The Predators’ Men Take Three
Quite a week we’re having, America.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Without Women, There is No Revolution: All the Predators’ Men (Take Two)
America has finally strayed into the Uncanny this past week.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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We Are Citizens, Not Civilians: Veterans’ Day in the Current ICE Age
I am sitting at the counter of my art gallery this morning.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Let Them Eat Steak: How MAGA Just Became an Online Support Group
Americans had a big win this past Tuesday.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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What We Owe Our Mentors: Who We Choose to Be
I found out recently that one of my first and favorite professors, Dr.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Ya Down With AOC (Yeah, You Know Me): How Do You Take Your Socialism?
American voters tend to describe themselves as either “centrist” or “independent,” which is kind of like saying, “I’m normal.” Others declare party affiliation or which flavor “liberal” or “conservati...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM