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By Attentional Staff

/ 15 Aug 2025

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The Weight of Ordinary Choices

Harm in democratic societies is rarely sustained by open cruelty alone; it is sustained by the ordinary choice to remain out of the debate.

By James A. Bowey

/ 28 Mar 2026

The Courage of Nonconformity

Authoritarian leaders insist on conformity to their ideas because it suppresses the practice of courage.

By James A. Bowey

/ 27 Mar 2026

The Rule of Stories

Our stories define who belongs, who threatens, and whose suffering matters. Control the stories and you control how the laws are executed.

By James A. Bowey

/ 26 Mar 2026

Seeing and Hearing Each Other

Community thrives with listening, and can't survive without it.

By James A. Bowey

/ 25 Mar 2026

The Cost of Looking Away

Publisher's Note: The social division and democratic decline in the United States will continue to the extent that it exhausts our capacity to imagine a new civic future.

By James A. Bowey

/ 24 Mar 2026

Democratic Witness

When social justice is reduced to sympathy it tilts our civic balance. People become problems to be solved at the cost of time, emotion and money.

By James A. Bowey

/ 23 Mar 2026

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