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    on patriotism

    I know we are 3 days past the Fourth, but since Patriotism is the cheesy plastic hurdle that gets reset in the mud of every election year, I have to get this off my chest.

    First, as an illustration of my larger point, it is typical – but nonetheless ridiculous – that so many on the right are lionizing Jesse Helms and expounding [...]



    why i love michael chabon

    Because even when writing about Jewish tribalism in the Caucasus in the latter part of the first millennium, he can gracefully reach forward more than a thousand years and smack Chimpy in the puss:

    “War,” said Joseph Hyrkanos to the elephant. He spat on the grass and shook his head and pulled on the braided strands of his beard. The elephant snorted as [...]