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- Dolly Parton, beloved country music icon dies at 80 after 'brief battle with cancer.' There will never be another like her,

- Many a truth is said in jest.

- CTE worse in NFL players than previously thought.

- A story the media won't cover.

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- Shane Parrish and "The Best Summary of Atlas Shrugged." I'm at the point where I just re-read John Gault's speech near the end of the book.

- Don Surber: Lindsey Graham, a profile in courage. A little over the top but Lindsey Graham was a good man.

- How Ukraine built a war fighting state. Did he mean "rationalization" or was that supposed to be "nationalization?" I like "rationalization."

- The Mitch McConnell situation keeps getting weirder and weirder.

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- Kevin Kelly on the myth of the lone villain.

- From the archives: Ben Franklin and the 13 necessary virtues.

- Heh Heh

- Is Russia losing the Ukraine war? Putin should have sued for peace a couple of months ago.

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- Institutional AI vs Individual AI. Excellent points about productivity and revenue.

- SciFi and Fantasy recommendations. I'll second the Discworld series.

- Ukraine is getting its revenge on Iran. Interesting but still wary of Zelensky.

- On the Old Dominion shooting. Bravo Zulu indeed.

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- The Russo-Ukrainian war hits four, "It is now D-1,481. The US was in WW II just 1,361 days."

- Does peak population mean peak energy?

- Rolling up the red carpet to the Kennedy Center.

- Tyler Cowen's 12 rules for life.

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- IOC disqualifies Ukrainian Olympian. The IOC can ban an entire country but an athlete cannot remember other athletes killed in a war that caused IOC to ban Russia. Bizarre.

- From the archives: Mitchell Paige - the real life face of GI Joe. Where do we find such men?

- President Trump and Administrator Zeldin deliver single largest deregulatory action in US history.

- Tracking the efforts to shrink the size of the federal government. Think its wise to show this as just an effort to get back to the size of the government during the Clinton Administration.

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- Could peace in the Ukraine war be close at hand?

- From the archives: Still on my buck list.

- The Minnesota fraud is getting so much attention that Pam Bondi feels need to issue clarification why the DOJ isn't acting faster. Yes - faster would be better.

- Can Texas Tech booster Cody Campbell fix college sports?

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- VDH: The war in Ukraine - lots of questions but few answers. People can avoid the facts but not the reality.

- Dan Wetzel: Lane Kiffin is many things, but he's certainly no victim in move to LSU. He's not wrong. Fan of Wetzel's sarcasm.

- Keeping a close eye on AI. Everything in moderation - including AI,

- The case against an International Panel on Inequality.  Socialism by another name is still socialism.

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- The hunt for the real life Red October happened 50-years ago. Very different story than the book or the movie.

- Excellent parable and life advice.

- Jonathan Turley: Was Ukraine responsible for blowing up the Nordstream 2 pipeline? It makes sense.

- Warren Buffett was always a brand guy.

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- Two years since the Oct. 7th slaughter. Slaughter was the appropriate word for what the barbarians did.

- From the archives: The power of humming.

- The Biden corruption in Ukraine. It's as bad as you imagined.

- The first step towards a war with Venezuela. One the one hand it's a bad look for a "man of peace" to start a war but on the other do Democrats really want to support Maduro's dictatorship?

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- Why I care about history. It's not just about who did what on what date - it's about why people did what and why.

- Can "NATO like" Article 5 promise promise protect Ukraine from Putin? Changed the headline because the "promise would not include US boots on the ground. 

- Jonathan Turley on religious freedom.

- Is the US ready to lead the world in nuclear energy?

Peace in Ukraine?

• President Zelensky and European leaders coming to the White House
• More progress in the past two weeks than the previous 3 years.
• The meeting produced an iconic photograph

An End to the Ukraine War?

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- Using scare economic projections to push a climate change hoax? How dare they!

- A YouTube education. I would add Richard Feynman's lectures on physics and historian Sarah Paine.

- The Varsity takes the field. Keeping Hegseth in reserve allows Trump to keep military retaliation on the table without anyone asking Hegseth directly. He could be the bad cop.

- Jonathan Turley on the Clinton Foundation. Don't think there's any statue of limitations on RICO charges.

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- From the archives: How Roger Ebert discovered John Prine.

- Unintended consequences from the NFL's new overtime rules.

- VDH: All the Ukrainian Known Knowns.

- The yield rate - not tariffs may be the real story. Think this was always the plan. Think about all those homeowners who bought in past few years who may soon get new mortgages at lower interest rates.

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth was said in jest.

- Reminder

- We've all been there.

- Whatever you do - don't mess with Jeff

- Good point

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- The end is nigh for Ukraine. Well put.

- Lessons on Populism from France. Good primer on modern French politics. French politics have pretty much been a mess since before the Revolution.

- VDH: Is the jig up for elite higher education.

- Chuck Schumer caves on Continuing Resolution. His bluster was all a bluff. Someone must have gotten to him and said a government shutdown would be election suicide.

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- Ukraine agrees to a 30-day cease fire. Now the ball is in Russia's court. We live in interesting times.

- From the archives: Peter Attia on the epidemic of Martiomania. It's that time of year again!

- USAID official tells staffers "Shred and burn your documents."

- Douglas Murray wins lawsuit against The Observer. Good for him!

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- Detailed timeline: The war in Ukraine. By detailed I mean detailed.

- Supposed to be satire but sadly true.

- Seahawks trade QB Geno Smith to Raiders for 3rd round pick.

- More details on the 3 service members charged with treason. Will they face the death penalty?

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- The Buddha knows.

- I laugh at this every time.

- Know its  parody account but I laughed.

- Ukraine in a nutshell