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Jeffrey Quiggle

Jeffrey Quiggle

Water In the Desert

Looking at the vast expanse of desolate and forbidding terrain in a place as remote as the Chihuahuan desert that includes Texas’ Big Bend…

5 min readApr 22, 2024

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Mule Ears Spring Trail, with the Mule Ears in the distance

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Jeffrey Quiggle

An Unwanted Commemoration

The start of a new year marks a new commemoration: January 6, 2021, the day the longstanding American tradition of peaceful transitions of…

3 min readDec 31, 2023

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An Unwanted Commemoration

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Jeffrey Quiggle

The True Danger of AI

Humans have been using electronic computers since the 1940s and imagined robots even before that but we’ve always been a little bit freaked…

5 min readFeb 19, 2023

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The True Danger of AI

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Jeffrey Quiggle

Harper’s Ferry

Let’s talk about Harper’s Ferry, and in particular, John Brown. If there is a place in the United States where our industrial might began…

6 min readFeb 1, 2023

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Detail of John Brown from “Tragic Prelude,” a mural painted by Kansan John Steuart Curry for the Kansas State Capitol building. This is how I remember Brown from my history classes.

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Jeffrey Quiggle

Converting Conservatives

For many years I voted mostly Republican, with a few exceptions. Understanding systemic racism changed that.

5 min readNov 27, 2022

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Converting Conservatives

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Jeffrey Quiggle

I Never Meant to Be An Activist

As I prepare to leave my North Texas home of 18 years, I reflect on the last five.

7 min readApr 20, 2022

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I Never Meant to Be An Activist

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The Loneliest House in Texas

I want to share a story about the loneliest house in Texas — maybe in the US. This is the Williams Cabin, in the Guadalupe Mountains…

4 min readApr 2, 2022

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The Loneliest House in Texas

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Jeffrey Quiggle

There Is No Middle Ground

Recently I have had some discussions with Democrats who are considering voting in the 2022 Republican primary to support “moderate”…

3 min readDec 30, 2021

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An asphalt road with a yellow line down the middle stretches to the horizon.

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Jeffrey Quiggle

Father’s Day

Dad Was…Complicated.

9 min readJun 20, 2021

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Father’s Day

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Jeffrey Quiggle

It’s Been a Year

2020 will no doubt be remembered as the year that lasted a decade.

4 min readDec 31, 2020

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2020 turns to 2021

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Jeffrey Quiggle

Jeffrey Quiggle

Texas ex-pat now living in the Northeast. USAF veteran. I work in MarCom for a nonprofit community organization. I love Hawaii and the Texas Big Bend region.

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