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- Emily Oster: The Economist in the Delivery Room
- The Most Ridiculous Story Ever Told
- Tanner Greer
- Economist Tyler Cowen
- Richard Reeves: A Life in Institutions
- Jake Adelstein: The Reporter Who Became His Story
- Jim Goad (1961-2026)
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- The Pervert’s Progress: Costin Vlad Alamariu and the Making of Bronze Age Pervert
- Curtis Yarvin: A Life Against Democracy
- Mark Helprin: Against the Current
- Mark Brandt: The Man Who Asked Who Else Is Prejudiced
- John T. Jost: The Psychologist of Acquiescence
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- * The Enlightenment Wasn’t Enlightened (6-23-26)
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* 'Improving on Democracy' (6-17-26)
* People Leak To People Who Are Fun (6-11-26)
* Why Does Australia Produce So Many Great Journalists? (6-11-26)
* Steve Wynn and the Press: Power, Litigation, and the Contest Over Las Vegas (6-3-26)
* Sheldon Adelson and the Journalists (6-3-26)
* The Vigilant Animal: Thinkers Who Reject the Myth of Human Gullibility (6-2-26)
* The Cost of Refusing the Misunderstanding Myth (6-2-26)
* Show Me How It Travels (6-2-26)
* The Norm Explainers (6-2-26)
* Centering Marginalized Voices (6-1-26)
* What would it look like if the Washington Post put its reader first? (6-1-26)
* What would it look like if the Financial Times put its reader first? (6-1-26)
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* What It Would Mean for The New York Times to Put the Reader First? (6-1-26)
* Why Wembanyama Lives on the Perimeter (5-31-26)
* The Emotional Palettes Of San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco & Sacramento (5-27-26)
* The Administrative Capital: Sacramento Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* San Diego - The Quiet Republic (5-27-26)
* The Quiet Bar: San Diego Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* SF v LA Legal Culture (5-27-26)
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Category Archives: Personal
The Master Race
* It seems like most Australians take Melbourne Cup day off, slackers! East Asians are only 10% of Australia’s population but it seems like they do 50% of the work. My mate down under says bring in another 10% and … Continue reading
Unspoken Family Rules
The most powerful rules in my home as a child were: * Live according to God’s dictates (which were no different from dad’s dictates). * Do nothing to discredit or diminish God/dad’s ministry. * Do nothing illegal or unseemly. * … Continue reading
Who Cares About The World?
Growing up as a Seventh-Day Adventist on Seventh-Day Adventist college campuses in Australia and California, I often encountered the attitude, “Who cares about the world?” The more traditional the Adventist, the more likely he was to have this attitude. Traditional … Continue reading
It’s All God!
* Trying to justify my behavior, I just said, “It’s all HaShem” but all he heard was “It’s a shame.” Darren: “Or it’s a sham.”
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Just Wondering
* Wife: “I could reheat something or honey, you could pick up something on the way home piping hot!” * How come escorts advertise the complete “Girlfriend Experience” but not the complete “Wife Experience”? * My friend thinks the worst … Continue reading
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Would I Give Up Blogging For A Wife?
Luke: I don’t think I could take you coming every week, I’d be too jealous of your celebrity. Friend: We are both celebrities in our own worlds. FYI, I’m not enjoying your Twitter style retweeting on fb. Don’t be such … Continue reading
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How Do I Improve My Social Status?
A friend told me today I should go to Jerusalem and get stabbed by an Arab. It would help my reputation in the community and be good for my career. Later in the day, he gave me a modified Heil … Continue reading
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The Right People
Luke: “I converted to Judaism 22 years ago. Where’s my seat on the board of a bank or a movie studio?” Friend: “You have to pay me, and Chaim and Shlomo $10,000 a month for three years, and then we’ll … Continue reading
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Man’s Supreme Inheritance
So I was demonstrating tonight before some senior citizens the effortless freedom of the Alexander Technique, swanning in and out of the couch, lengthening and widening up and down in my flawless use of the self, I was a true … Continue reading
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