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- Robert Putnam: The Man Who Counted What America Lost
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- The Most Ridiculous Story Ever Told
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- 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
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- 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)
* Mr. Burge Draws The Line (6-23-26)
* '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)
* What It Would Mean for the Los Angeles Times to Put the Reader First? (6-1-26)
* 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)
* Why Talent Travels Poorly Between San Francisco and Los Angeles (5-27-26)
* San Francisco and Los Angeles as Rival Models of Urban Access (5-27-26)
* Social Cliques in New York, 2026 (5-25-26)
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* The Rival Courts of Washington (5-25-26)
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Category Archives: Personal
Considered Armed & Dangerous, Do Not Approach
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Working my way out of my Piriformis Sydrome (11-29-21)
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I’m Ready To Move To Sydney
I’m making a list of pros and cons for my move. It’s my first time in Australia since June of 2014 and my first time in Sydney since June 1985. Not bad with an Australian passport 30 years out of … Continue reading
I’m Gonna Beat The ‘Rona!
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How are you?
I don’t understand why this is such a charged question. Most of the time when I check in with someone who’s been absent due to illness or for some reason I am not aware of, I get a defensive responsive … Continue reading
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Pompous Luke (9-27-21)
05:00 Moral Acrobatics: How We Avoid Ethical Ambiguity by Thinking in Black and White, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=142074 07:00 Lives on the Edge: Profiles in Sex, Love and Death, https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/luke-ford/lives-on-the-edge-profiles-in-sex-love-and-death/paperback/product-19qmzrv.html?page=1&pageSize=4 10:00 Holly Randall: Jasmin St. Claire: America’s Most Controversial Sex Symbol, https://youtu.be/DRgxPfT4vdo?t=1446 29:00 … Continue reading
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I May Have Lost My Temper (7-29-21)
00:00 I lost my temper during a Covid debate and later experienced a spiritual epiphany, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=141500 01:00 Modafinil Is The Official Drug Of The Rationalist Movement, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=137046 05:00 Dr. David Gorski on the latest viral COVID-19 disinformation, https://respectfulinsolence.com/2020/08/31/only-six-percent-gambit-latest-viral-covid-19-disinformation/ 12:00 A … Continue reading
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How Luke Ford and his Show “Changed my Life”
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Just Be Yourself (5-30-21)
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