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A Big Thank You, and a Quick Update

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Frida Is Dead, and I Am Undone

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I am completely undone, and am facing, for the first time in many years, life without one of my two great loves.


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For the Fourth: Taking a Break for a While

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Sumer Is Icumen In, At Last

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Summertime and the Censorship is Easy

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When Academics Attack: My Piece Critiquing Academia Is Blocked by Lefties Complaining about Censorship

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Today, academics are only dangerous to those on the left, like me, who dare question its fragile sense of self-worth and “danger.”


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“The Dangerous Acaedemic Is An Extinct Species” in Current Affairs

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He hadn’t really stirred up a hornet’s nest; after all, people who poke actual bees occasionally get bee stings.


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On My Back: Age, Death, and Angry Birds

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For those who live in cities where cabs and public transportation are plentiful and efficient and like to go on about the evils of ride-sharing: Stuff it. I get all the issues, but if I’d been on a hour and a half long el ride (perfectly  normal in Chicago, where the public transportation system is […]


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If You Think You’re a Nail, Everything Looks Like a Hammer

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May 25, 2017

 


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Cat Ladies Rejoice!

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Unless you’re an actual — and Western-based — doctor, please don’t write to me to ask what I have and to diagnose my conditions without seeing me, or to tell me which magical Eastern plant or some hour-long cooking regimen and meditation really worked for you; I’m really not interested (using a Neti pot is […]


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