Politics
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Today I’m moving from one temporary location to another, because the renovations on my house are behind schedule, and the place I’ve been living in already had someone booked for February. But in between stints of packing for the move this week, I read a lot of interesting things. Here are five I wanted to
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Every week, I tell myself, “This is the week I will write a real blog post, filled with insightful commentary.” Every week, I rank family, fiction, and work higher than blogging. Here’s a round up of a few insightful articles by other writers from my reading this week. Transgender athletes’ rights was opposed by those
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Democrats and the Ruthless Aggression Era “Do not help Republicans. Not in any way. On any issue. Republicans can’t pass a budget, or raise the debt ceiling? Tough luck. Do not provide them any bailout votes on any issue. Period, the end.” Jonathan V. Last argues that with Republicans taking control of government, the role
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A roundup of the most thought-provoking things I read this past week. We’re getting the social media crisis wrong “What purports to be a collective phenomena; the ‘voice of the people;’ is actually in private hands; is, to a very great extent shaped by two extremely powerful individuals.” Henry Farrell argues that the fundamental problem
Semantics & So On 