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Life in the Quiet Is Loud
Inventures from the Karoo
Jun 20
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Hanlie Van Wyk
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Refuge by Identity: How Washington Rewrote Who Deserves Rescue
On the day built to honor the persecuted, the administration is staging a quieter revolution in what persecution means.
Jun 20
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Henrik J Klijn
May 2026
Redistricting: The Statehouse Stops Saying No
Everyone is counting the seats. The real casualty of the post-Callais map wars is the state legislature itself, where refusing the president now ends…
May 31
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Henrik J Klijn
The Ungoverned Pandemic: Where No State Can Sign the Ceasefire
The WHO is begging warlords for a truce because the people it built its rulebook to negotiate with no longer control the ground.
May 28
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Henrik J Klijn
London’s Two Protests, One Democratic Exit
When far-right and pro-Palestine demonstrators both abandon Parliament for the streets, the state manages the consequences rather than resolving the…
May 16
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Henrik J Klijn
China’s Leverage: What Trump’s Iran Ceasefire Collapse Reveals
Trump flew to Beijing seeking Chinese help to save a war he opened promising swift victory. The collapse of the Iran ceasefire reveals that military…
May 13
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Henrik J Klijn
Virginia’s Redistricting Ruling Shows Who Really Controls Congress
Virginia voters approved a new congressional map by 104,000 votes. The court voided the result. Procedure, it turns out, is the last gerrymander.
May 10
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Henrik J Klijn
Welcome to the Post-Civil Rights Era
Virginia voters ratified a bargain. The Supreme Court dissolved another one a few days later. Together, it marks the end of a political era that both…
May 3
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Henrik J Klijn
DNA Fire Sale: Why 15 Million Genomes Are Up for Grabs
The bankruptcy court that approved the sale of fifteen million Americans’ DNA last summer wasn’t violating the country’s signature genetic privacy law…
May 1
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Henrik J Klijn
April 2026
Wake Up, Libertarians: The Trouble Is, They Already Did
Democrats keep warning that Libertarian candidates are costing them elections. The data runs the other way.
Apr 30
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Henrik J Klijn
The Second Reconstruction Ended Today
Sixty-one years after Selma, the Court has decided representation is optional
Apr 30
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Henrik J Klijn
The census was a ceasefire. The court just ended it.
The map was the easy story. The norm the Court adopted is the harder one.
Apr 29
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Henrik J Klijn
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