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Mark Morgan Ford

Peter Frampton, Trey Anastasio, and Grace Bowers Cover Harrison
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Peter Frampton, Trey Anastasio, and Grace Bowers Cover Harrison

Aug 22, 2025 1 min read

A Post-COVID Musical Elegy Peter Frampton, Trey Anastasio, and Grace Bowers performed a really powerful cover of the classic George Harrison song…

A New Way to Challenge Your Convictions
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A New Way to Challenge Your Convictions

Aug 19, 2025 2 min read

Something New… Here’s something new I’m thinking of adding to my job of keeping you uncomfortable with your convictions. If I read something insightful…

The Day Two Cops Chose Donuts Over Justice
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The Day Two Cops Chose Donuts Over Justice

Aug 19, 2025 6 min read

True Story: The Mugging of My Wife We lived on 15th and Corcoran, a pretty safe neighborhood, but a block from 14th Avenue, which was the dividing line…

DC Crime Stats: Three Perspectives on What’s Really Happening
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DC Crime Stats: Three Perspectives on What’s Really Happening

Aug 19, 2025 1 min read

What’s the Truth? Watch These 3 Brief Videos and Decide for Yourself! Here are three ways to look at it: DC has a crime problem. CNN doesn’t care. Matt…

Washington DC’s Crime Crisis: The Numbers Tell a Stark Story
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Washington DC’s Crime Crisis: The Numbers Tell a Stark Story

Aug 19, 2025 1 min read

The Official Data * There were 29,348 crimes reported in Washington, DC, last year, including 3,469 violent offenses, 1,026 assaults with a dangerous…

The Real Reason Crime Rates Are “Dropping” in DC and Other Blue Cities
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The Real Reason Crime Rates Are “Dropping” in DC and Other Blue Cities

Aug 19, 2025 2 min read

There is no doubt that DC has a crime problem that is not going down. Everyone living in DC knows that. But it’s also true that the crime rates, as…

Worth Considering — August 19, 2025
Worth Considering

Worth Considering — August 19, 2025

Aug 19, 2025 1 min read

Trump’s Chicago Gambit: A Strategic Power Play
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Trump’s Chicago Gambit: A Strategic Power Play

Aug 19, 2025 1 min read

I have my own suspicion about what Trump is up to here. And like so many of his major policies this year, what he’s doing has little to nothing to do…

Trump’s DC Crime Crackdown: A Debate Worth Watching
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Trump’s DC Crime Crackdown: A Debate Worth Watching

Aug 19, 2025 1 min read

Trump’s Crackdown on DC Crime Watch this debate between Brian Tyler Cohen and Geraldo Rivera. You know what I think about the way Trump is dealing with…

My Annual Wealth Report: Where I’m Putting My Money in 2025
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My Annual Wealth Report: Where I’m Putting My Money in 2025

Aug 13, 2025 2 min read

It’s time for my annual report on the comment my publishers tell me they most often get from our readers: “Mark writes about business…

Portugal’s Wines, Food, and Architecture: A Cousin Camp Postmortem
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Portugal’s Wines, Food, and Architecture: A Cousin Camp Postmortem

Aug 13, 2025 2 min read

The last of the cousin-campers departed for various destinations around the world on Saturday afternoon. That evening, K and I had dinner at the eatery…

The Ten-Year Test for Every Investment
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The Ten-Year Test for Every Investment

Aug 13, 2025 1 min read

“Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shuts down for ten years.” – Warren Buffett