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Criticize By Numbers: How to Build Your Own Pankaj Mishra Essay

Review of “Bland Fanatics: Liberals, Race, and Empire” by Pankaj Mishra

Dec 22, 2020

Criticize By Numbers: How to Build Your Own Pankaj Mishra Essay

Dec 22, 2020

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Stop Blaming Terrorism on Everything But the Obvious

The terror attacks in Europe require more discerning analysis than we’re getting. Partly stems from our unwillingness to tell hard truths.

Nov 5, 2020

Stop Blaming Terrorism on Everything But the Obvious

Nov 5, 2020

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How “Meritocracy” Veils Mediocrity

On the tyranny of merit, the cult of smart, and the reign of the “head” over the “hand” and the “heart”

Sep 22, 2020

How “Meritocracy” Veils Mediocrity

Sep 22, 2020

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The Journalist and the Holodomor

In “Mr Jones,” Gareth Jones and the challenge of the truth

Aug 4, 2020

The Journalist and the Holodomor

Aug 4, 2020

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Are Fandom, Wellness, Social Justice, and the Alt-Right Religions?

A review of “Strange Rites” by Tara Isabela Burton

Jun 26, 2020

Are Fandom, Wellness, Social Justice, and the Alt-Right Religions?

Jun 26, 2020

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Rutger Bregman is (Largely) Wrong About Human Nature

Review of “Humankind: A Hopeful History” by Rutger Bregman

May 22, 2020

Rutger Bregman is (Largely) Wrong About Human Nature

May 22, 2020

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Cancer Will Not Wait For Coronavirus

A monomaniacal focus on COVID-19 is a grave threat to those who need treatment for other maladies

Apr 25, 2020

Cancer Will Not Wait For Coronavirus

Apr 25, 2020

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Conservative Corona-Skepticism and Binary Thinking

Peter Hitchens’ opposition to most forms of social distancing in an age of coronavirus is seriously misguided

Apr 4, 2020

Conservative Corona-Skepticism and Binary Thinking

Apr 4, 2020

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We Still Don’t Know the Truth About the Lockerbie Bombing

Diplomatic and political concerns keep getting in the way of an open, unrestricted investigation into who killed 270 people

Mar 15, 2020

We Still Don’t Know the Truth About the Lockerbie Bombing

Mar 15, 2020

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Year of the Cold

When you are malnourished and underweight you are cold all the time

Mar 2, 2020

Year of the Cold

Mar 2, 2020

Ben Sixsmith

Ben Sixsmith

Englishman in Poland. Writer. Contributor to @QuilletteM and @AreoMagazine. Likes Conrad, Camus, Kirk and cage fighting.

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