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Posts published by “Stephen Lyons”

Stephen J. Lyons is the author of four books of essays and journalism. His most recent book is "Going Driftless: Life Lessons from the Heartland for Unraveling Times.”

My Dear Melinda Letter

Dear Melinda: Because you haven’t responded to my phone calls, emails or drone flyovers and, because your recent injunction against me does not apply to…

The Center Will Not Hold

The signs are everywhere. A man walks into a Subway in North Carolina carrying an AT-4 anti-tank rocket launcher and two sidearms. No tanks are…

If I Am Still Alive, I Shall Wear Purple

On Easter—check that—or two weeks past, or whenever I am an older man than I am today, I shall wear purple with a red MAGA…

Fear of Flying

Stephen J. Lyons Before I even entered the plane’s cabin I could see disaster lurking in the boarding tunnel. This is the staging area where…




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