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While Ukraine and Gaza Bleed
On a recent morning I came to a section titled “Confessions of a Slavophile” in the July and August 1877 issue of Dostoevsky’s A Writer’s Diary. Here…
Mar 24
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I Go These Days to Find the Dawn (a poem)
“I Go These Days to Find the Dawn” was previously published in the Spring 2012 issue of Fault Lines.I Go These Days to Find the Dawn I go these days to…
Mar 11
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The Zany Zeitgeist of the Silicon Valley Cognitive Elite (Part 2)
The Silicon Valley cognitive elite took me down a rabbit hole where one thing led to others and those to more still. Network-state enthusiasts and…
Mar 8
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The Zany Zeitgeist of the Silicon Valley Cognitive Elite (Part 1)
A month or so ago a friend suggested that I experiment with ChatGPT by directing it to compose a poem with the instructions romantic, lyrical, surreal…
Mar 4
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February 2024
Protest Gone Off the Rails
The practice of taking protest beyond the public square to the homes and private lives of public officials and their families breaks with a long and…
Feb 21
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The Obligatory Entry on Biden and the Whole Age Thing
Joe Biden has never stood accused of being a gifted orator or a man of towering intellect. He has enjoyed a reputation as a walking gaffe machine for…
Feb 13
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A Tribute to Charlie Sykes, the Supreme Court and Section 3, and Threats to the Republic
This is supposed to be a day for focus on other projects but events intrude. I will keep it brief. Charlie Sykes, a Never Trump conservative from the…
Feb 9
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Grace (a poem)
“Grace” was previously published in May 2006 at the Magnapoets blog, which was founded in 2005 by Canadian poet Aurora Antonovic. If memory serves I met…
Feb 8
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The Musings of a Scribbler, February 6, 2024
For the past week or so I have been making notes for a piece to be entitled “Russian Exceptionalism.” It opens with Michael McFaul’s account of a…
Feb 7
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January 2024
Thinking About Speech
I would not go so far as to say that issues related to freedom of thought and expression have tormented me since the notorious House Education and…
Jan 29
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The Gay Affair
The Claudine Gay affair follows a familiar script. Principles and values associated with racism, the boilerplate litany of phobias linked to religion…
Jan 13
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Insurrection Three Years On
This weekend is a time for celebration. Yesterday marked the third anniversary of the successful defense of the United States government against a…
Jan 8
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