Archive - Petra Franklin

The Enemy Within

The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Mar 13 • Petra Franklin

How Power Protects Itself

Voter suppression in Texas, a shuffle at DHS, and the language of coercion from Washington to Tehran

Mar 6 • Petra Franklin

Standing on the Shoulders of Persian Giants

Mojtaba Khamenei, Prince Reza Pahlavi, and, María Corina Machado.

Mar 6 • Petra Franklin

Dementia and the Shingles Vaccine

Compelling Information

Mar 4 • Petra Franklin

How Far Along That Road

The distance between ‘wealthiest nation’ and ‘humanitarian catastrophe.’

Mar 4 • Petra Franklin

Heists and Backpacks

Operation Epic Fury and Other Revenue Streams

Mar 2 • Petra Franklin

February 2026

What Country Is This?

A citizen stands. The Doctor Grifts. The Truth Stays Sealed. The Poor Pay.

Feb 26 • Petra Franklin

Abigail Spanberger was Impressive

What President Trump didn't say and the bloody stuff he lingered on.

Feb 25 • Petra Franklin

Ribbeting Truth to Power

Ceremonial "bog rock" music, dancing cattails, an all-star speaker line-up, and a flotilla of bobbing inflatable amphibians

Feb 23 • Petra Franklin

Crackle with Communication

Pollination, Propagation, and Navigation

Feb 22 • Petra Franklin

Walls, Tariffs, and Procedural Wrinkles

I made this painting decades ago in the Tuscan town of San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Italy.

Feb 21 • Petra Franklin

Cognitive Throttling

As you read this, the U.S.

Feb 20 • Petra Franklin

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