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The Modern Dynasty Killer: A Current NBA Anti-Meta Squad

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The Modern Dynasty Killer: A Current NBA Anti-Meta Squad After building an unbeatable top 5 all-time team and an all-White team, I am trying something different. I am assembling a team to beat both the 2017 Warriors and 2024 Celtics. My crucial restriction—doing this with only players in the league right now—is sort of insane, … Read more

My NBA All White Starting 5

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My NBA All White Starting 5 This is a companion piece to my Ultimate All-Time Top 5, which you can read here If you want to read my team of current players that beat the Warriors and Celtics, read here I had a good time building an indomitable all-time top 5 in my last post, … Read more

Testing Constraints: Executive Power First, Constitutional Limits Later

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Testing Constraints: Executive Power First, Constitutional Limits Later See my companion analysis: “Presidential Conflicts of Interest“ Since late 2024, executive action across four constitutionally distinct domains: foreign policy, constitutional text, separation of powers, and domestic enforcement has followed a consistent pattern: legal and institutional constraints are treated as obstacles to be tested rather than defaults … Read more

Presidential Conflicts of Interest: How Preventive Safeguards Failed in Trump’s Second Term

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Presidential Conflicts of Interest: How Preventive Safeguards Failed in Trump’s Second Term Oversight systems intended to prevent presidential conflicts of interest now act only after transactions close, rather than beforehand. In President Donald Trump’s second term, this shift created a recurring pattern: regulatory pressure decreased, private actors gained access or advantage, and oversight arrived too … Read more

Survival TTRPGs: The Real Test (And Why Most Games Fail It)

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You Think Survival Is Scarcity. It Isn’t. This is part of my ongoing series on system structure and pressure models—see my previous: Heroic Fantasy TTRPGs: The Real Test (And So Many Games Fail It) You think you know what a survival game is: tracking rations, counting torches, rationing ammo, worrying about encumbrance. So if a … Read more