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"The world is so still now, invaded by hands flailing."
It's easy to talk about two Americas when it comes to bipartisan politics, but I'm increasingly seeing it as the online-obsessed and normal world.
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"Are you the messenger and is this home?"
The marketplace of ideas should not be peddling poison or actively incorrect messages about the 2020 election. No, not even from a former president.
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"Stand in the way and fate will simply go around."
We may be at an inflection point in the media personality ecosystem and, as such, Nate Silver is becoming a free agent at an auspicious time.
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"By the time they realize we’re gone, fire will be the only light. "
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“This is a picture of things going a little out of hand. This is a sculpture of a couple of things we've gotta get straight.”
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"I'm getting weaker, I'm getting thin. I hate how obvious I have been."
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"The sharp tongue of your zealous will is only congruent with the salt in your mouth.”
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"Farewell to the forests and the wild hanging woods. Farewell to the torrents, and the loud pouring floods."
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"By the time they realize we’re gone, fire will be the only light. "
The end of American administrative government won't come with a bang, but with a series of whimpers disguised as federal court decisions.
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"Farewell to the forests and the wild hanging woods. Farewell to the torrents, and the loud pouring floods."
How does one even eulogize something as slithery – and necessary – as Twitter?
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"I'm getting weaker, I'm getting thin. I hate how obvious I have been."
Tucker Carlson exemplifies "I read it in the paper" as much as anyone ever has.
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"Darkened heart, enlightened mind. Whole worlds apart remain entwined."
Marianne Williamson has tapped into something, but she's far from alone.
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"Now there's no turning back. Reality is both fictional and fact."
Taxes are too complicated in the U.S. and there's too much paperwork involved. It doesn't have to be this way.
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"The symmetry of light forms. The gravity is my storm."
It looks like Donald Trump is doing to be indicted, after all.
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"I've made no mistakes. I'm never learning from them. I got no regrets. I wanna do it again."
I'm worried about the trust that people put into celebrity wellness experts like Gwyneth Paltrow.
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The World is Bent
The World is Bent
Journalist and analyst Ross Gianfortune looks at the week in media, culture and government.
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