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Congratulations to the finalists!

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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks. Arm it in rags, a pygmy’s straw does pierce it.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Blackstone called it the Great Writ for a reason: without habeas, there are no other rights.

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That American Pope *really* knows his Italian congiuntivo

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Lovely to see this.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

As an elder millennial, I could trade my lifetime of tax contributions to the NEH for one month of Netflix and have just enough left over to get some avocado toast if I split it with two other people

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

I am begging antisemitic congressional representatives to stop telling Jews what's good for us. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

These are all so good!

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Guys I am in Canada and last night I ordered an old fashioned and the waiter returned to the table after five minutes to tell me: "I'm sorry, we're out of bourbon because of the tariffs. We can make it with Crown Royal if you want." We are so back.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

The average American has three friends

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

I see we're talking about White Russians?

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Does the guy in that Douthat interview, or Douthat himself, know how much he sounds like all those 1920s-30s English Nazi fellow-travellers? It's the same amorphous rubbish about vitality, life-force, masculinity, and nostalgic organic community that had English folk dancing naked around maypoles.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Absolute marketing genius

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