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The Last Longest Day
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No Heroes Left: The MLK Revelations | Roger L. Simon
Great piece. The challenge since the Fall has been to live in a world without heroes yet still believe in heroism. The Judaeo Christian journey was always an enterprise of sinners. The difference used to be: we knew it. Roger Simon
Why Edmund Morris Couldn’t Capture Reagan
To this day nobody can figure out how Reagan, who all the intellectuals of the day proclaimed a cruel, reckless dunce with near unanimity, could have been a great American president. Atlantic
‘A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall’ on Obama’s Bad Cops and Spies
Shades of Jefferson and Burr Real Clear Politics
Changing more than pronouns: a non-binary teen fights education laws
Today, at 13, they’ve let their wavy, golden-brown hair grow past their shoulders, with thick bangs over eyelashes long enough to graze oversized aviator glasses. Hormone blockers have staved off puberty, leaving Santi’s face round and their skin clear and hairless. Guardian
The doctrine of deep ecology declares that we must keep our hands off nature
I found this out firsthand years ago, when I had a conversation with the late Arne Naess, the Norwegian father of what is known as “deep ecology” and guru of the European Green movement. How seriously did Naess regard the divinity of Mother Nature? He told me that the eradication of smallpox was a technological …
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The upheaval in the West
There is a crisis of senescence in liberal politics. The reason Biden, Harris and Sanders are competitive is their ideas are all roughly the same age. The strategy of recruiting fresh new faces like Beto, AOC cannot obscure the basic problem of intellectual decrepitude. The challenge facing the West is that a generational agenda has …
Burr conspiracy – Wikipedia
When Thomas Jefferson faced a coup. Wikipedia
‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects – The New York Times
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Macron leads French establishment to disaster
As Le Pen triumphs Telegraph
Brexiteers shatter establishment
Huge poll gains force showdown Twitter
We kill in the name of love
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The first war over information in world history
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Remember when the Internet meant freedom?
The simulation, presented at an industry fair in China, offered a rare look at a system that now peers into nearly every corner of Xinjiang, the troubled region where Kashgar is located. This is the vision of high-tech surveillance — precise, all-seeing, infallible — that China’s leaders are investing billions of dollars in every year, making …
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Victory dinner. Only one problem. They lost.
Queensland king prawns, salted caramel espresso martinis, massages at their desk – the Labor high command were in a mood for celebrating on election eve. Sydney Morning Herald
Power? No, Thanks, I’m Good
Most people are happy to live their own lives, content in the miraculous experience of being alive. But a significant minority are happy only if they are leading other people’s lives. They feel nothing but what is underfoot. The wish to have power over others is altogether alien to me; I just don’t get it, …
Furious Tories call on Theresa May to resign immediately for by offering second referendum
At least it’s out in the open. Telegraph
The science of elite incompetence
Scientists have found that the higher someone rates their social class, the more likely they are to overestimate their talents. London Times
Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump blacklist – source
The end of Globalization 1.0 Reuters