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Three years ago, I compared our current era of decline to Grey Gardens.
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David French is turning into Jayson Blair
...after many years of living as Cathy Newman
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The Blue Zones Are 38% Ruined
but next week it'll be 39%
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Significantly Lower Than Pond Scum
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was questioned today by the House Homeland Security Committee.
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Another Shocking and Unprecedented Act of Aggression That Isn't Shocking or Unprecedented
News media and politicians are howling in alarm over the US government’s supposedly dangerous and shocking seizure of “a Venezuelan oil tanker.”
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D.C. Circuit on the Transgender Ban: "The Hegseth Policy is likely constitutional because it reflects a considered judgment of military…
Back in March, I wrote at length and in a spirit of considerable frustration about the idiotic ruling from District Court Judge Ana Reyes setting aside…
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Republicans Risk a Descent Into the Theater-Kid Performative Governance of the Democratic Party
you have to actually do stuff
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Rare Wisdom and Affirmative Vision
Earned wisdom is rare, and here it is.
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Close the Tabs, and Keep Them Closed
I leave tabs open as I see things that I want to write about, and then after a few days I end up with a loooooooooong pulldown list when I try to choose…
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The Drug Boat Attacks in the Caribbean Are a Piece of Something New, Not Just a Whole New Policy
NPR, a couple weeks ago:
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The Language Spell is the Base Spell
Mark Kelly is deeply concerned about Pete Hegseth, because Hegseth keeps talking about lethality. That’s very violent and macho, see, and that’s not how…
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November 2025

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