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Loyalty vs. Conscience
There’s a moment in every uncertain time when loyalty stops sounding like a virtue and starts sounding like a test. Not the healthy kind of loyalty: steadfastness to community, shared purpose, and a set of obligations we freely accept. I mean the kind that demands a simple answer to a complicated question: Are you with us, or against us? The...
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March 19, 2026
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