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Bonfire of the Elites—edition MMMDCXXIII
Who will win the battle of narratives over the Los Angeles wildfires?
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Russia lost Syria?
The jointly anti-Israel, pro-Russia, pro-Iran crowd is not happy. Why?
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Thanksgiving Interrupted – It’s Halftime in America
The political monopoly of our Neo-Puritan overlords may be breaking, but much political and economic uncertainty has yet to resolve. Let the games…
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Death-by-Expert – a Cross-country Study
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The Fiction of ‘Sudden Adult Death Syndrome’ – A Graphical Essay
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The Revenge of the Nerds: Critical Theory
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Homicides in Chicago - 2018 through July 2022
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Slammin’ the JAMA -- Studied Mis-use of COVID Data
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The Dream of Nuclear-free, Net-Zero Nirvana
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Rolling Back Arbitrary Government
Most civil servants put the “civil” and “service” into Civil Service. It’s the political appointees empowered by arbitrary executive orders whom you…
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A Gothic Horror: The Picture of Democrats’ Self-regard
Thumbnail Sketches of Fascism, Bolshevism and Naziism
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Israel alone – for now
Mearsheimer versus Mearsheimer versus Sachs versus Sachs
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Failing Upwards with Jeffrey Sachs
More unwitting mis-adventures in politically-correct policy design.
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When dumb stuff happened on the way to the revolution
New boss just like the old boss—unless we vote out the latest, aspiring, pronouned Chairman Xi/Xe/Xim/Xir
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Thirty Years War for Our Democracy™
Pro-BRICS and Anti-BRICS factions in the West fight for the right to lord it over the rest of us.
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Western elites: Waiting for Mister Goodbar
Remaking the world in their self-image one cosmetic, sterilizing surgery at a time
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