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THIRD EDITION · OCTOBER 9, 2026

Bernie Sanders and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. facing one another across a vision of a healthier America

COMMENTARY · 11 MIN READ

THE STAFFORD INDEPENDENT · LATEST EDITION

THE COMMON GROUND IS HEALTH

America desperately needs to answer both questions.

Bernie Sanders asks how every American can receive care. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asks why so many Americans are sick. A more complete health strategy requires both.

WRITTEN BY GREG POSTRead the article

THE ARCHIVE

PREVIOUS EDITIONS

A human face confronts a mirrored face formed from humanity's accumulated knowledge

SECOND EDITION · OCTOBER 5, 2026

THE INTELLIGENCE WAS NEVER ARTIFICIAL

The world still hangs on the human psyche.

Read the second edition

Get Real: a fingerprint transforms into a digital grid

FIRST EDITION · SEPTEMBER 30, 2026

THE GET REAL INITIATIVE

The answer to artificial intelligence is deeper human intelligence.

Read the first edition

WHERE THE IDEAS GO

POLITICS & POWER

Institutions, ideas, leadership, and the choices shaping public life.

CULTURE & MEANING

Belief, identity, art, technology, and the stories we live by.

HUMAN STORIES

Discussions and experiences that reveal something larger.

GROWTH & REFLECTION

Character, change, purpose, and becoming.

EDITORIAL
PRINCIPLE

Truth is a public service.
Discussion is how we find it.