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Patrick McCorkle
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1 day ago

Memorializing An Enormous Sacrifice

3,000,000/66,000 = 45.5. The population (as of July 2022) of my hometown of Oshkosh, Wisconsin would have to be multiplied nearly 46 times in order to reach 3 million, the rough number of U.S. military killed or wounded in war since the country’s inception in 1776. I estimate that I…

Memorial Day

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Memorial Day

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5 days ago

January 6th’s Oath Breaker

You may have never heard of Stewart Rhodes or the Oath Keepers. But what happened to the disgraced former lawyer should be noted by everyone. Today, a judge sentenced Mr. Rhodes to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy for actions before, during and after the January 6th Capitol attack…

January 6 2021

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January 6 2021

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May 19

Lakefly Writers Conference 2023

Oshkosh, Wisconsin is quickly becoming a literary center in America’s heartland. One week after Wisconsin’s Event City hosted the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, it welcomed the 2023 Lakefly Writers Conference on May 5th and 6th at the Oshkosh Convention Center alongside the Fox River. This year’s Lakefly was in every…

Wisconsin

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Wisconsin

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May 9

To Gleefresh Or To Doomscroll (Poetic Version)

You turn on the device - Radio TV Computer Smartphone Tablet. The medium differs. The messages do not. Political polarization. Environmental degradation. Mass shootings. International warfare. Turn away you cannot Despite how awful the sights sounds feelings and conclusions. Endless Segments Stories Shows. Such is to doomscroll or doomsurf You tell yourself to check out - But can never seem to leave.

Art

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Art

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May 5

May the Politics be with you?

May the Fourth be with you! For many, it’s difficult to succinctly state the essence of Star Wars today. …

Star Wars

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Star Wars

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Apr 27

Dominion vs. Fox vs. Truth

The settlement in the Dominion Systems vs Fox News defamation lawsuit both gladdens and enrages me. It is encouraging that there are consequences for reckless pushing of conspiracy theories to appease an audience. With all the bs that is spewed every single day, it was easy to assume that all…

Fox News

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Fox News

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Apr 23

The Environmental Commandments

Earth Day is a fitting time to discuss soil conservationist Walter Lowdermilk’s 11th Commandment. Mr. Lowdermilk assisted with the 1920s with famine prevention program in China and Israel’s land reclamation projects shortly after its creation in the 1940s. According to his New York Times obituary, “Speaking by radio from Jerusalem…

Environmental Issues

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Environmental Issues

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Apr 19

Two Floridians, Two Ads, One Office

Two Floridians aspiring to the Republican presidential nomination have started to publicly butt heads. It was only a matter of time. Former President Donald Trump has been criticizing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis here and there for weeks, calling him “disloyal,” “a flip-flopper” and “an average governor,” while the Governor largely…

2024 Presidential Race

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2024 Presidential Race

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Apr 13

To Gleefresh Or To Doomscroll

With U.S. politics being nastiness incarnate, it’s rare that something political makes me smile. James Austin Johnson of Saturday Night Live (SNL) parodied former President Trump this past weekend, delivering an impression of the businessman and politician that is second to none. In the cold open, Mr. Trump says he…

Social Media

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Social Media

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Apr 5

Taking One’s Voters And Going Home

The most expensive state supreme court election in U.S. history has concluded. Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz defeated former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly last night for a 10 year seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. …

Wisconsin

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Wisconsin

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Patrick McCorkle

Patrick McCorkle

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I am a young professional with keen interests in politics, history, foreign languages and the arts.

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