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The Density Divide and the Southernification of Rural America
The Old North/South Split Lives on in the Urban/Rural Divide
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Is Crypto Bullshit?
I regret to inform you that it's totally legit and crypto/blockchain networks really might be technologically, economically, and politically…
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Grey Lady Steel Man
Slate Star Codex enthusiasts should probably apologize to Cade Metz
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A New Era of Unity
Interested in penetrating, good-faith discourse and not misinterpreting jokes? Here's a great newsletter option for you!
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Undefined Cancel Game
I don't know what a goose looks like and you can't describe one
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Climbing the Bell Curve to the Cathedral
Notes on reactionary sea lions
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Republicans Finally Caught the Car
The Back-Alley Reversal of Roe Just Made the GOP Unsafe for Right-leaning Women
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The Anti-Majoritarian Mistake
Jonah Goldberg thinks liberal societies don't need much democracy. He's wrong.
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Vaccine Passports and the Categorical Impermissibility of Inconveniencing Republicans
On the GOP's principled incoherence about freedom of association
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On the Defensive Prickliness of Anti-Woke Patriotism
It's a cope
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Q, Trust, and You
We all rely on unverified testimony. QAnon happens when you trust the wrong people.
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The Boring Truth vs "Cancel Culture" Panic
Some people deserve to be fired and some people don't
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