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A Tribute to Hunter S. Thompson: A World to Fear and Loathe More
October 29, 2021Three books changed my life. George Orwell’s 1984, Robert M. Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of...
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Sudden Onset
October 29, 2021From that first tingling in bed to calling 911 was an hour and a half. Sudden...
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Roses & Bulbul Birds
October 29, 2021What’s intriguing about the dreadful psychology of Muslim, particularly Shiite [read Hizbollah] fundamentalism, is that aspect...
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Jays, Films, and Georg Steller
October 28, 2021O’Brian based Aubrey on a Royal Navy captain of two centuries ago, Thomas Cochrane. Lord Cochrane’s...
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Oil and Africa
October 28, 2021[Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from Adam Robert’s new book The Wonga Coup: Guns,...
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The Death of Conscience in The Onion Field
October 28, 2021The stifling, frightening conclusion that we appear to be presented with in The Onion Field is...
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Nick Bottom’s Blessing
October 28, 2021The relativism that relishes diversity for diversity's sake is one that eschews æsthetic judgment or choice....
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Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer
October 27, 2021Meanwhile, every billion dollars spent on the supremely misguided attempt to revivify the nuclear industry is...
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America’s Race to the Moon
October 27, 2021During the Apollo 15 mission, an anonymous viewer phoned his local TV station to suggest that...
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The Life of R.K. Narayan
October 27, 2021R.K. Narayan Narayan’s fiction rarely addresses political issues or high philosophy. He writes with grace and...