Martin Hackworth - Howlin' at the Moon in ii-V-I

Martin Hackworth - Howlin' at the Moon in ii-V-I

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I'm your huckleberry
Yo, you over there in the keffiyeh asking about Zionists on this bus. I'm actually a hillbilly from Appalachia, but for the moment, I self-identify as a…
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My journey from "never Trump" to Trump voter
What a long, strange trip it's been.
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Running on Empty
History shows that the veneer of civilization is thin. A moral vacuum makes it thinner.
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Why 21st-century science is in trouble
And how getting knackered was the result of self-inflicted wounds.
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What a long strange trip it's been. My unlikely journey from scientist, university lecturer and journalist to MAGA
It's true. The journey begins with the Saturn V and ends with the pummeling of woke culture, the media, Venezuela, and Iran. It's unusual—but it feels…
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Bait and switch at the academy
Public higher ed in the U.S. is nearly as old as the country itself. But taxpayers expect an education rooted in American values and a cure for cancer…
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Spinelessness facilitated the left's march through institutions. The current retreat through those institutions has revealed some amazing…
When you can only stand up for what is right a comfortable distance from the fight, it is not a mea culpa; it's an admission of cowardice. I'm not fond…
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Send lawyers, trans and money
Due to previous management, I'm about out of political outrage at the moment. If I'm going to ration it out, you're going to have to up your game to get…
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Believe the girls, unless it's inconvenient.
The Rotherham scandal is why a growing number of people everywhere distrust, despise, and want to be rid of public officials whose principal concern is…
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Trump at 120: the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Amidst the preening, posing, trolling, and bombast, it's a mixed bag.
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Exterminate all the brutes.
I'm baaaack. And boy, do we have a lot to discuss.
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Is higher education doomed?
It's not a rhetorical question, at least not yet.
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