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Short Reviews: War & Peace & War Again
War and Peace, Rogue Saucer, Spirited Away, Wheel of Fortune & Fantasy, Being John Malkovich, and Civil War (again) (sorta)
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James J. Heaney
Review of Ross Douthat's Review(s) of Civil War (2024), by way of Civil War (1861)
Civil war as legitimacy crisis
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Worthy Reads: Zion & Music
Worthy Reads for April 2024
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Comments: Worthy Reads: Zion & Music
Open Thread
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I Am Interviewed By Jonathan Frakes
Not as impressive as it sounds
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Housekeeping: Referral Program, Premium Perk Refresh, Thank Yous
This is boring and you don't have to read it.
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Towards an Unelected President
The exciting conclusion of Some Constitutional Amendments #5.
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Why Trump's Winning
Just the boring material cause, though, not the efficient or final causes.
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De Civitate
De Civitate
"And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat?"
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