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Sep 25, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    What the Right Doesn't Understand About Islamophobia (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    How Memes Stalled Western Culture (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 11, 2026

    The Myth of the Greedy Billionaire (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Sep 4, 2026

    Some News on My Book, and a Requiem For a Career (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Aug 28, 2026

    On Public Death and Public Justice (opens the original)

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