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The Derelict Will Always Be With Us

Notes from the progressive policy jungle

Aug 10, 2025
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The stone steps beneath the elegant wrought iron gates in the church doorway had become a hangout for vagrant men. A missionary church is not the sort of place you would expect to turn away people who are sleeping outdoors, but I suspect the smell overpowered Christian charity.

A street corner stunk of weed and…

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