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Aftyn Behn for Congress
TN-7 is up for grabs on December 2, 2025
2 hrs ago • 
Mark McInerney
The Border Was Just the Beginning
There’s no discipline in Charlotte.
Nov 17 • 
Mark McInerney
When the State Starts Speaking in Its True Voice
The government didn’t slip.
Nov 16 • 
Mark McInerney
Rock and Roll Turns the Page — Laundry Day Holds the Pen
It’s the stuff legends are made of.
Nov 15 • 
Mark McInerney
The Dog That Didn’t Bark: A Study in Cowardice, Corruption, and Collective Amnesia
There are moments in a nation’s life when the veil lifts, not with fanfare, but with that sickening little flutter of recognition: the truth was in the…
Nov 13 • 
Mark McInerney
The Long Illness: A History of American Healthcare
Part III: 1994–2025 – Between Miracle Cures and Medical Debt
Nov 13 • 
Mark McInerney
The Long Illness: A History of American Healthcare
Part II — The Great Society and Its Heirs (1965–1994)
Nov 12 • 
Mark McInerney
The Long Illness: A History of American Healthcare
Part I — The Accidental Empire (1900–1960)
Nov 11 • 
Mark McInerney
Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Fire
November 10, 2025 — The 250th Birthday of the United States Marine Corps
Nov 10 • 
Mark McInerney
How Many More Times?
The Democrats Break Under Pressure
Nov 10 • 
Mark McInerney
Remembering Big Mac: Michael T. McInerney
Between the Birthday of the Corps and the Nation’s Day of Reverence
Nov 9 • 
Mark McInerney
Hunger as Policy, Cruelty as Law
“No fear can stand up to hunger, no patience can wear it out, disgust simply does not exist where hunger is; and as to superstition, beliefs, and what…
Nov 8 • 
Mark McInerney
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