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Marty Dahlman

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Here's the latest essay on Our America. Video changed what's happening in Minnesota - here's how.

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Follow Them : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin was a lawyer and politician in France in the mid-19th Century. He was an early leader of the French Revolution of 1848, but he later led a “protest” against the Revolut...

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January 27, 2026 at 2:24 PM

Marty Dahlman

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Here's the latest on Our America. We watched a public execution on video yesterday. The question is, what will America do about it??

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Execution : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

I have never “published” two essays on the same day – but here goes. The “Sunday Story” was ready to go, but the events of yesterday demand a response. Here it is. Concealed Carry Saturday, the Dep...

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January 25, 2026 at 4:21 PM

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Here's the latest on Our America - a Sunday Story. No politics today (plenty coming tomorrow) just a story about the end of the Jeep!!!

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The End of the Jeep : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

This is another in the Sunday Story series. No politics here, just some sadness and good memories. It’s the end of an era. Jeep Guy Jeep’s don’t usually die of rolling over, or getting stuck in the ...

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January 25, 2026 at 2:19 PM

Marty Dahlman

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Here's the latest essay on Our America. An order from Donald Trump to invade Greenland is illegal. Who will stand against it?

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The "Break Glass" Moment : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

NATO The United States of America ratified the North Atlantic Treaty, the basis for the defense agreement we call NATO, in July of 1949. That treaty went through the entire Constitutional process (US...

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January 21, 2026 at 1:37 PM

Marty Dahlman

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Here's the latest essay on Our America. This one answers the question - why Greenland?

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American Empire : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

Pax Americana Greenland, Canada, Cuba, Nigeria, Venezuela: the “Pax Americana” that prevented a third World War for eighty years is at an end. The Trump Administration clearly wants a new era of exp...

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January 20, 2026 at 1:16 PM

Marty Dahlman

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Here's the latest essay on Our America. It's Martin Luther King Day 2026 - and here's where America stands.

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White Backlash : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

Forty Years Today is Martin Luther King Day, 2026. This “holiday” is relatively new. Surprisingly, it was “proto-type” Republican-Conservative President, Ronald Reagan, who signed the law into effec...

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January 19, 2026 at 1:08 PM

Marty Dahlman

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Here's the latest essay on Our America - this one's a "Sunday Story". No politics today, just a story about - smell.

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The End of My Nose : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

This is a Sunday Story. There are no politics today (whew!!), just a story about, of all things, smells. Covid It was the middle of track season in 2022. We all “adapted” to Covid, now a part of our...

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January 18, 2026 at 3:25 PM

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Here's the latest essay on Our America. This one gets into the "legal weeds" of Absolute Power.

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Absolute Power : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

Into the Weeds A Federal Judge in South Carolina, Cameron McGowan Currie, recently threw out indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The decision d...

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January 14, 2026 at 3:34 PM

Marty Dahlman

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Here's the latest essay on Our America. This one looks at the battle songs in our history, and how they apply to our politics today.

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Battle Songs : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

The Battle Hymn The Battle Hymn of the Republic was written early in 1862, in the midst of the American Civil War. It was the “theme song” of the Union, and marked the transformation of public suppor...

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January 11, 2026 at 3:56 PM

Marty Dahlman

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Here's the latest essay on Our America. Today, we all need to be "professional agitators".

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Professional Agitator : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

My apologies for the profanity. It’s a profane day. I Call BS ICE agents murdered a woman in Minneapolis yesterday. The United States actions in Venezuela, if done by any other nation in the world, a...

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January 8, 2026 at 1:37 PM

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Five years ago today, Trump tried to overthrow the elected Congress. It was a turning point then, and it remains a turning point today.

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American Turning Point : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

Five Years Ago Five years ago today, America was at a turning point. A mob stormed the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. Their goal: to stop the legal certification of electoral votes which dete...

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January 6, 2026 at 2:07 PM

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Here's the latest essay on Our America. Forget drugs, democracy or nation building. The US invaded Venezuela for the "Donroe Doctrine"!!!!

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Donroe Doctrine : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

FAFO The US invasion of Venezuela last weekend wasn’t about drugs. It wasn’t about “nation building”, and it wasn’t about democracy. By Sunday afternoon, Americans and the world got down to the real...

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January 5, 2026 at 3:09 PM

Marty Dahlman

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Here's the latest on Our America -the first of the New Year!! In Ohio, the state legislature told schools that taxes already passed are cut.

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Be Careful What You Wish For : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

Bowing to the Base The Ohio state legislature is “bowing” to the will of the people. Well, not quite all of the people. Probably not a majority. Perhaps a majority of the people who voted for the c...

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January 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM

Marty Dahlman

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Here's the latest essay on Our America: Project 2029 (Part the First). Here's what Democrats/Progressives/Liberals need to do now!!

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Project 2029 – Part the First : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

Unalterable Change In an essay last week, “It’s Getting Near Christmas”, I proposed that Progressive/Democrats (or, my favorite label, Liberals) follow the example of our right-wing fellow citizens. ...

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December 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM

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here's the latest essay on Our America. It's four days after the EPSTEIN FILES were supposed to be released. Who does the Trump Administration think they're fooling???

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Who Ya’ Fooling? : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

What About The Department of Justice is already four days late. The law requires all of the EPSTEIN FILES released by December 19th, 2025. It’s now December 23rd (I checked the Advent Calendar), and...

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December 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM

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Here's the latest essay on Our America: "It's Getting Near Christmas". Opponents to the current Administration better be making a list, and checking it twice!!!!

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: Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

Getting Near Christmas My favorite “sad” Christmas song – James Taylor’s version of Joni Mitchell’s – River Christmas Week It’s Christmas week, 2025. This week is always a time of family, food, Great...

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December 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM

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Here's the latest essay on Our America. If we follow the policies of the 1920's, will we get the outcomes of the 1930's and 40's???

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Our Hey-Day : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

Changing America My grandfather was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1880, and died there in 1967. He was a sports editor for the Cincinnati Post; an expert on horse racing. Being an expert, by the way,...

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December 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM

Marty Dahlman

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Here's the latest essay on Our America. Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered in their home. Here's what the President had to say...

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With Malice : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

American Standard I didn’t laugh when Charlie Kirk died. And I didn’t crow either. No one should die at the end of a rifle barrel, or on the tip of a blade. Even those that I oppose politically and...

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December 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM

Marty Dahlman

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Here's the latest essay on Our America - it's been a violent weekend in America - and our answer is just more talk.

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Just Talk : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

Random Violence We are America. We are awash in violence. If one more media commentator uses the phrase “unspeakable” to describe these actions, I may fracture the screen. It’s not “unspeakable”. ...

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December 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM

Marty Dahlman

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Here's the latest essay on Our America - The Trump Administration is trying to "Shut the Front Door" to foreign tourists.

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Shut the Front Door : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life

New Rules The Customs and Border Protection Division (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has proposed new rules for examining visitors to the United States – all visitors to the United States...

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December 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM