They sold you a fairy tale in ninth-grade civics class. You remember it. The informed citizen. The sacred voter. The thoughtful little patriot sitting at the kitchen table with a pencil, three newspapers, a calculator, and a deep concern about agricultural price supports. He studies the candidates. He compares their proposals. He reflects on the…
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Lost at Sea
In the early light of dawn, the ship, a venerable craft of sturdy oak and taut sail, cut through the swells with the grace of a creature born to the sea. Her crew moved about the deck with a quiet efficiency, each man a component of a greater mechanism, their movements honed by countless hours…