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Tales, trivia, and tidbits from now and then.

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03/23/2023

Belonging

What's in a Name?

by Usha Raj

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03/13/2023

Misunderstanding Maggie Haberman

A Relationship of Command

by Stephen Silver

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02/06/2023

Point Nemo

Jesus Christ, Jeffrey Bezos, and Geosynchronous Satellites

by Andy Butter

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12/12/2022

slaying the cruelty of life

Melissa Bank and the Art of Humor

by James Ladd Thomas

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12/08/2022

Take Only One Memory

how love. can define a life, or an after life

by Joylyn Chai

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12/03/2022

Acts of God/Ard

The medium-shaping career of Jean-Luc Godard and subversion in cinema

by Matt Hanson

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10/24/2022

When Antisemitism Happens to Good People

When antisemitism is rooted in ignorance

by David Stromberg

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10/20/2022

Singing to the Melody of Capital

The penchant for presenting the Arab uprisings at their weakest

by Fouad Mami

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10/06/2022

Good intentions, Filmmaking, and the Decoloniality Paradox

The decolonial imaginary, Brahmastra, and Pushpa's "Srivalli"

by Gautam Bisht

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10/03/2022

The Fear and The Irony

Or the waning virtue of earnestness

by Joe Kendall

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