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If, like me, you grew up in the eighties, you probably had to deal with bullies. It was a very pro-bully sort of time, the 80s- boys will be boys and all that-and majestic herds of bullies roamed our nation's proud cafeterias and schoolyards. If you grew

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic primary for Gary Peters' soon-to-be-vacated Senate seat in my home state of Michigan last week; this, despite facing significant financial and rhetorical opposition from institutional leadership of his own party. Ther

Elon Musk has regrets, per a recent interview with The Economist. He says he got "carried away" when he slashed the governmental sector to the bone early last year, and that he should have focused on his businesses instead of governance. You can't say Mus

This is a short email-only announcement to all of you wonderful subscribers. Maybe you've noticed it's been a bit quiet over here at The Reframe lately. Or maybe you haven't noticed; after all, I imagine a lot of you have had a busy July just like me, and

Open up my LOST and let me out, little baby.Previously, On LOST: Oceanic Flight 815 crashed on a mystery island and the survivors tried to get rescued. Unfortunately for them, the mystery island was a nexus of cosmic energy that many powerful people were

Well, it's my country's 250th birthday today, and the old girl looks pretty rough. Today's the day we're meant to celebrate, and I find myself asking what exactly we would celebrate about a country that seems to have narcissistic personality disorder, or

As you may well know, every three months or so we have a short little "state of the newsletter" missive that covers what's up with me and The Reframe, and usually includes a shake of the tip jar. Well, here we are again.State of the newsletter: It's good,

Elon Musk isn't a trillionaire anymore. So I've heard. It was fun while it lasted, provided that you find corruption fun. Many do. Apparently the obviously bogus SpaceX stock valuation was a bit bogus, and there's been a big selloff. Some rich people got

So Elon Musk is about to become the planet's first trillionaire, I've learned. Or he already is one? It's hard to tell once you've reached such levels of cartoon villainy and pretend money. I say "cartoon villainy" because you don't get a trillion dollars