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Uncertain Things

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Vanessa is back — just in time for escalating political violence and AI-induced obsolescence.
On Charlie Kirk and political violence.
Embracing the cringe.
Words to the mob.
Jews against grievance.
Not being the First Person In the World is basically oppression.
On bears and bulls.
On the ecstasy of annihilation.
Kant in the streets, Bentham in the sheets.
Social science versus social redemption.
Has the Palestinian independence movement has been hijacked?
Between FIRE and a crowded ACLU. (Or: "I like free speech, but...")
Plus: pesky political peeves.
"The alternative to Zionism is a second Holocaust."
Liberalism's best feature is also its deadliest bug.
The challenges, and opportunities, of platonic partnerships.
Double cancelled.
Hanukkah came early this year.
On choking, parenthood, and other traumas.
Ah, Western civilization. It was good while it lasted.