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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,229

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This is the grave of John Dickinson. Born in 1732 in Crosiadore Plantation, Talbot County, Maryland, where his parents wrested profits from the backs of enslaved Africans, Dickinson grew up rich, really the first truly wealthy generation in North America. It's worth remembering that even at...
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The Scorecard

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I ruminate a little on the relationship between 9/11 and the Wars on Terror over at 1945: The chief and immediate effect of the September 11 attacks was to shift the focus of US diplomacy and grand strategy from great power competition (the priority of the Bush administration...
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Facts don’t do what I want them to

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I wanted to follow up on Scott's post about JD Vance's gutter racist demagoguery at his 2028 presidential campaign debutante ball in Dallas last night. In a classic bit of fascist golden age mythologizing, Vance claimed that America is "dirtier and poorer and less safe and...
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In memoriam: Meredith Whalen

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From a Michigan football friend: I was barely 23 years old, still working at my first job out of college (consulting), and staffed at what was Bank One in Columbus, OH. When I heard a plane flew into the WTC, I didn't immediately think of terrorists....
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