What Time Binds

What Time Binds

Friday Binding: The Misperception
Five picks on the attorney general who says the Justice Department never stood apart from the White House, read against the record he says proves it.
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.
What Do You Mean by “Humanitarian”?
Some of Putin’s acts can earn the adjective. The record denies him the noun.
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.
Chapter 4: The Quiet Edit
In 2022 the Senate voted 100-0 to ban Russian fuel. On Oct. 9 a Treasury license let Russian diesel back in, and it never names the law.
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.
Episode 1: The Grammar of the 2026 Election
How a Marine trusted a mailed ballot for twenty-three years, and what “citizenship should be verified” looks like from the voter’s side of the form
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.
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What Do You Mean by “Correction”?
A reader brought me a newer page Monday night. This is what it changed, and what I heard before I read it.
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.
Chapter 3: The Room Written Before You Enter
In 1944 the Army scripted executions down to the pace and barred every camera but its own. In 2026 the terms came from an interview.
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.
Friday Binding: Where the Darkness Points
Five speeches, three tests. The test is who ends up standing in the dark.
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.
What Do You Mean by "Small Price"?
He used the phrase twice in one passage. The first time, it followed gas. The second time, it followed two American cities.
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.
Chapter 2: The Word Doing Two Jobs
The Justice Department’s own page defines Watergate. A slide deck presented inside it defines the word the other way.
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.
Friday Binding: Put It in Writing
Five pages, thirty-two days out. The Pentagon cited the 1865 law in writing. Three agencies have not answered the same question.
 • Jerry W Washington, Ed.D.

September 2026

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