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The Idiot-Proof City

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Michael David Cobb Bowen
Sep 28, 2022
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Freedom-free zone.

I have been using the metaphor of the idiot-proof city for a while.

Many years ago I came upon the detective fiction of John Sandford. I can't tell you how refreshing it was, after several of these novels, to read about a hard-edged genuine good guy who generally solved crimes and beat the bad guy. It was good for the soul. In one of th…

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