The Riel World

Sunday Morning Coffee/Thanksgiving Weekend Edition

The politics of kindness, thriving while aging, Maggie Rogers and the Dalai Lama, and more.

Dec 1 • 

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November 2025

What I'm Reading

Thoughts on inequality and the future of American politics.

Nov 22 • 

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Is This How America Unravels?

A story about Halloween, math teachers, and tribal rage.

Nov 10 • 

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Election Day Notes 2025

What message were voters sending? And who represents the Democratic Party now, anyway?

Nov 6 • 

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Who is Standing Up for America in 2025?

The political class, or the people? Part Two in a series on courage in politics.

Nov 1 • 

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October 2025

Standing Up for America

Three moments in the 20th century when national leaders took a stand against autocrats and demagogues in defense of American democracy. Part One of a…

Oct 23 • 

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Why Threats to a Free Press are also Threats to Democracy

Part Two of a look at America's media landscape

Oct 12 • 

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Redefining Our Perceptions of the Media in America

It's not really as simple as conservative versus liberal.

Oct 4 • 

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September 2025

Road Trip: History of Football in America

Including a surprising connection to presidential history

Sep 22 • 

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"Treading Upon a Volcano"

Thoughts on political violence, the danger of jumping to conclusions, and prospects for healing a divided nation

Sep 14 • 

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August 2025

Sunday Morning Coffee

Thoughts on life, books, architecture, and more (but not politics) for Labor Day weekend.

Aug 31 • 

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Statistics and Lies

Falling deeper down the rabbit hole as reality itself is now up for debate

Aug 27 • 

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