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Weekend Edition: 1-8

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Considering Jan. 6 and what the Republican Party wants to be (“[M]y state is becoming a place I no longer recognize. And not a better place.”)

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The January 6 coup attempt and Christian nationalism and conservative Christian religions The 2021 Word of the Year is “insurrection” (a […]

Weekend Edition: New Year’s 2022

I’d say good riddance to 2021 but I live where people exercise their “freedumb” believing masks violate their “right to liberty,” not others’ “right to life”

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An annotated Emancipation Proclamation The five stages of anti-vax angst Signifying bullshit The year’s six weirdest conspiracy theories

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Happy Public Domain Day Only one of […]

Weekend Edition: Xmas 2021

Nothing Christmas-related. For that, see my traditional heathen’s greetings.

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The whoppers of 2021 Related, our country has millions of friggin’ idiots The rise and fall of rationality in language

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Do modern students feel burdened by actual books? The ultimate best books of 2021 list The most scathing book reviews of 2021 […]

Weekend Edition: 12-18

Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubez

Level The Playing Field For Religion and Civil Rights (“[T]he struggle for equality in America has been long, uphill, and brutal. And among its biggest obstacles have been those who have claimed to be acting in the name of God.”) Gorsuch’s Crusade Against Vaccine Mandates Could Topple a Pillar […]

Weekend Edition: 12-11

Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubez

The Supreme Court Is Poised to Turbocharge “Religious Liberty” Litigation (“The justices appointed by Republican presidents suggested that neutrality toward religion actually constitutes hostility toward religion.”)

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What a gun is for The year’s worst moments in American law An annotated Declaration of Independence Taxes blamed for San […]