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Judaism brings inherited obligation, not hereditary talent.

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Current issue, no. 85

It’s a Boy’s Boy’s Boy’s World

Zoë Hu

Leslie Fiedler and the American refusal to grow up

I Might Need Security

Madeleine Baker

From gambling to insurance and back again

Infinite Hedge

David Hill

The Polymarketification of American life

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The allocation regime created by the Colorado River Compact has entered its terminal phase.

Dead Pools

Zachariah Webb

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Opportunity Brokers

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It’s a Third World After All

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Persuasion may not be the point.

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Performative Reading

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No one is free from the need to be admired.

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It’s a Third World After All

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Persuasion may not be the point.

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Brittany Dennison

No one is free from the need to be admired.

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The campy, spooky spectacle of Dragula

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The MAHA camp turns to psychiatric reform

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The Battle Hymn of the Republic

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Her truth is marching on.

August 31

My Mother’s Mother’s Death

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Nothing lay beyond that day’s horizon.

August 14

Attention

Idra Novey

Give me your phone, please.

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