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Essays
"We write to taste life twice: in the moment and in retrospect."
― Anais Nin
Example of Tax Rip-Offs for the Super-Rich
From Public Citizen: Imagine you’re a gazillionaire. Maybe your name is Geoff Bozos or Ellen Mush. Now, suppose you bought a modest yacht...
Les AuCoin
Oct 12, 2021
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The Alt-Right Jerk I Once Met On a Plane, (Not a Train or Automobile)
"You live in Bozeman?!?" booms the graying, pony-tailed stranger. "I f***king love Bozeman!" He plops his girth into seat 16B, shoving my...
Les AuCoin
Jun 5, 2021
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Heres's How Biden's American Jobs Plan Would Help Oregon
For decades, infrastructure in Oregon has suffered from a systemic lack of investment. The need for action is clear: Oregon’s...
Les AuCoin
Apr 13, 2021
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Thinking About the Joe Biden I Know
This is a platform I adopted to spur me to write more about politics and the human condition. My well went rather dry after my memoir’s...
Les AuCoin
Feb 5, 2021
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We are Jeopardizing Our Own Democracy
"Americans Fail The Test Of Civic Literacy" screamed the headline of a 2008 report from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. "It can...
Les AuCoin
Nov 1, 2020
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Obama Convention Speech Cuts to the Chase
About halfway through Barack Obama's address to the Democratic Party’s virtual convention on Wednesday night, Charles P. Pierce was...
Les AuCoin
Aug 20, 2020
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The Patriot, The War Criminal, and the Carnival Barker
Another chapter in the history of the Carnival Barker ...
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Jul 10, 2020
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That Strange Time We First Met Sir Charles
The first time we saw Charley, he was splayed out flat on the floor of the Humane Society office in Dillon, Montana and dragged toward us...
Les AuCoin
Apr 29, 2020
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