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The Two Social Compacts
June 29, 2025Power, legitimacy, and the administrative state in a system the public misremembers—and one they never agreed to
By David P. Adams | Continue reading...Keeping a Local, Searchable Journal with `jrnl`, Syncthing, and Obsidian
June 26, 2025I’ve bounced between a dozen journaling tools over the years:Day One, Standard Notes, Joplin, even bullet journals scrawled in Moleskines. Some were polished but locked down; others were open-source but...
By David P. Adams | Continue reading...Command and Consent: What the National Guard Ruling Tells Us About Power
June 20, 2025Image: Federalized National Guard in Alabama, 1965. Source: U.S. National Archives (Public Domain)
By David P. Adams | Continue reading...Tofu and Bok Choy: A Simple Meal
June 18, 2025By David P. Adams | Continue reading...
Still Grounded
June 18, 2025By David P. Adams | Continue reading...
Two Compacts
June 13, 2025By David P. Adams | Continue reading...
Postcard from Mexico: Watching from a Distance
June 12, 2025By David P. Adams | Continue reading...