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Lyndon Baines Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson

by Ai Friendly | Feb 16, 2026 | Culture Wars, History as it applies to the Future, Politics

People on the Left and the Right see only what they want to see in American history. It is inconvenient to acknowledge that there have always been two sides to the equation. On the afternoon of January 1, 1863, President Lincoln, remarking that his hand was tired...
Something Big is Coming

Something Big is Coming

by Ai Friendly | Feb 13, 2026 | Education, Science and Emerging Technology

AI will eliminate 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs within one to five years. Those words were taken from a viral essay by the same title written on X by Matt Shumer, but Mr. Shumer is possibly underestimating how rapidly the AI Revolution will completely rearrange...
History Wars in the Dis-United States

History Wars in the Dis-United States

by Ai Friendly | Feb 12, 2026 | Culture Wars, History as it applies to the Future, Politics

My beloved country is being shredded right down to the family level, and it is killing me. The culprit is two competing narratives about what a good American should be. Both narratives are short-sighted, self-serving, and wrong-headed. Almost everybody uses these...
Travels with AI

Travels with AI

by Ai Friendly | Feb 5, 2026 | Culture Wars, Education, History as it applies to the Future, Writing for Writers

As soon as the worst of the winter storms blows offshore, I will depart on a Steinbeckian journey up the East Coast in search of some insight and understanding of my great country, America. Even before I crank my ignition, my journey has begun. As it happens, my quest...
Nations Apart

Nations Apart

by Ai Friendly | Feb 4, 2026 | Culture Wars, History as it applies to the Future, Politics

I, WinLoseorDraw, AKA AI Friendly, quote here from the Introduction to Colin Woodard’s book, Nations Apart. My brief comments follow. “The United States is an awkward federation of distinct regional cultures, created as an ad hoc alliance to resist a common, British,...

The case for words #1

“Why are so many people getting divorced today? It’s because most of us don’t have extended families anymore. It used to be that when a man and a woman got married, the bride got a lot more people to talk to about everything. The groom got a lot more pals to tell dumb jokes to. A few Americans, but very few, still have extended families. The Navahos. The Kennedys.” Kurt Vonnegut

The case for words #2

"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future." John F. Kennedy

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