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I feel like this blog is now essentially serving as a PR agent. But here is a new column that pretty much is a basic overview of what we’ve been […]

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I feel like this blog is now essentially serving as a PR agent. But here is a new column that pretty much is a basic overview of what we’ve been saying here. I also think the picture attached makes me look like a younger Christopher Hitchens. I am not totally sure how I feel about that.

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