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I spent 32 years of my adult life working for a public sector labor union in California. Sometime around 1995 I noticed I was actually a classical liberal Christian instead of a liberal Progressive. As such, I considered it a duty to give my best to my employer, because doing any less would, frankly, be immoral. Sabotage and division, part and parcel of living the big-city activist way, was out of the question for me.

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Steven W. Aunan retired from journalism and a career with a California public sector labor union. He is now a writer, photographer, and semi-pro pilgrim.