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"Walk in Beauty"

My poem "Walk in Beauty" is in the new issue of Pulsebeat, which is available today. The issue also contains poems by two of my favorite contemporary poets, Susan McLean and Jean L. Kreiling. 

You'll also find this poem in my new book Some Notes on the Silence.

Debt and demagoguery

A few days ago, I mentioned on Twitter that laws abolishing debts are one of only three categories of laws that The Federalist calls “wicked.” That tweet took off—and generated some hate mail—so I wrote up an article for Discourse to explain why the founders thought laws abolishing debts are so dangerous.

Newsletter's out

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