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Riffing on the lessons we might learn from history, but probably won't.

Newsletter · By Gerard DeGroot · Official site

Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 22, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    My Brother is Gone (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    The Death of Democracy (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 16, 2026

    Strange Fruit (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Sep 5, 2026

    ‘Jimi was Murdered!’ (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Aug 29, 2026

    A Life Told Through Bits of Paper (opens the original)

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