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JIM W. DEAN intro at The Intel Drop: I had been hoping to see Sy Hersh digging into what the back story was on the Iran retaliation attack after the
Continue readingSeymour Hersh: How the Pentagon Engineered a Fake War to Prevent a Real One
by Ahmad Almallah These windows, these panes, at the beginning of lightlooking where they look, eyeing the east and the rustand here they are, protected by shade and shadows:branches and
The former U.S. ambassador and daughter of the music industry’s ‘Black Godfather’ discusses grief, grace, and her radical response to a shocking crime. Bari Weiss at The Free Press: On
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Atomic Habits: The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 15 million copies sold! An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones from James Clear is
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Philip A. Goduti, Jr. in The Conversation: Less than a week after her husband’s assassination in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, Jackie Kennedy granted an interview with esteemed political writer
Continue readingThe Unfinished Business of Kennedy’s Vision for World Peace
Author Haidt: Social Media is Spreading Mental Illness New York Times Book Review: Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s erudite, engaging, combative, crusading new book “The Anxious Generation” (Z) highlights what he
at Poetic Outlaws: Stanley Kunitz received numerous awards for his poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry twice (in 1959 and 2005). His works often explored the vital kinship between
Continue readingA Poem has Secrets that the Poet Knows Nothing Of
there are so many ways to fallso many ways to crack down the middle andvanishso many ways to singe your wingsso many ways to crawlto crashland in the swamp withouta
Sahil Bloom at The Friday Five: Actor Tyler Perry—portraying his wise Madea alter ego—once shared a brilliant framing for thinking about your relationships. There are three types of people in
Continue reading3 Types of Friends: Leaves, Branches, & Roots
By Joseph S. Nye Jr. at Time: As election year politics heat up, Donald Trump proclaims that he can “Make America Great Again” and Joe Biden promises a brighter future,
Continue readingAmericans Have a Long History of Worrying About Declinism
At Daily Stoic: So many people struggle with and get frustrated by Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations…and they have ever since it was first discovered after the emperor’s death nearly twenty centuries
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William Kristol and Andrew Egger at The Bulwark: All around us, there are indications—I’m tempted, in honor of Passover next week, to call them signs and portents—of a new era.