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← Right makes might, and in that faith we should dare to do our duty as we understand it
12 connected korrents · 12 moments from 27 Feb 1860 to 18 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: Right makes might, and in that faith we should dare to do our duty as we understand it
Right makes might, and in that faith we should dare to do our duty as we understand it
Last stated 167 years ago
27 Feb 1860
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Abraham Lincoln — holds since 1860-02-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The nation should finish the war with malice toward none and charity for all, and seek a just and lasting peace — tap to centre the map on it
The nation should finish the war with malice toward none and charity for all, and seek a just and lasting peace
Last stated 162 years ago
4 Mar 1865
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Abraham Lincoln — holds since 1865-03-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The living must dedicate themselves to the unfinished work, so that government of the people, by the people, for the people does not perish — tap to centre the map on it
The living must dedicate themselves to the unfinished work, so that government of the people, by the people, for the people does not perish
Last stated 163 years ago
19 Nov 1863
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Abraham Lincoln — holds since 1863-11-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Act so as to treat humanity, in yourself or in anyone else, always as an end and never as a means only — tap to centre the map on it
Act so as to treat humanity, in yourself or in anyone else, always as an end and never as a means only
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Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it
A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it.
Last stated a month ago
1 Sept 2026
RB
Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment.
Last stated a month ago
31 Aug 2026
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Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A competent, empowered civil service that performs crucial government functions with in-house expertise is good. — tap to centre the map on it
A competent, empowered civil service that performs crucial government functions with in-house expertise is good.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
18 Sept 2026
NS
Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it
A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
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Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it
A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement.
Last stated a month ago
21 Aug 2026
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Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it
A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending.
Last stated a month ago
21 Aug 2026
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Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it
A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely.
Last stated a month ago
22 Aug 2026
JP
Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Last stated 2 months ago
18 Aug 2026
CH
Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it
A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot.
Last stated 2 years ago
7 Dec 2024
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Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are
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