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You might have missed it, so I extended the Memorial Day Weekend sale. Subscribe within the next 12 hours to get 20% off the annual price, which itself is 20% off the monthly price. It’s a great way to support independent journalism and politics in plain English for the common good. Please support the Editorial Board! Thank you! —John Stoehr

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You might have missed it, so I’m extending the Memorial Day Weekend sale. Subscribe within the next 24 hours to get 20% off the annual price, which itself is 20% off the monthly price. It’s a great way to support independent journalism and politics in plain English for the common good. Please support the Editorial Board! Thank you! —John Stoehr

Memorial Day sale, save 20% now

Some of you might have missed this week’s offer to get 20% off the annual price, which itself is 20% off the monthly price. I sent it because the paywall went back up. The response was so good, however, I’m offering it again for the holiday weekend! Subscribe within the next 24 hours to get a great deal of…

Here’s what you missed!

Subscribers to the Editorial Board got to read today’s edition about why our current crisis of morality and democratic faith is best illustrated by a column in the Washington Post in which grown men and women pity themselves for having to do dishes. Citizens, or members of a political community, do what needs to be done…

Don’t miss another edition!

Only subscribers got to read today’s column about why it takes more than political pressure to turn your back on your country. It takes an overwhelming lust for power. Ron Johnson seems ready to go where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wouldn’t go, picking up where Donald Trump left off in attempting to betray the US…

Still time to save 20%

Hiya! Some of you might have missed yesterday offer to get 20% off the annual price, which is itself 20% off the monthly price. I sent the offer yesterday because the paywall went back up today. The response was so good, however, I thought I’d better offer it again. So subscribe within the next 8…