The Dive
A weekly column and a monthly newsletter of what's what on global politics, American society, and an assortment of odds and ends ranging from pop culture to philosophy.
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From Bad to Worse (opens the original)
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Open Wounds (opens the original)
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Look What They Make You Give (opens the original)
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These Are The Voyages... (opens the original)
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Tomorrow marks sixty years since the very first episode of the original Star Trek aired on American television, introducing the world to Captain James T. Kirk, the starship Enterprise, and what would become the wider fictional universe of the United Federation of Planets and Starfleet. Since then, Star Trek has spawned thirteen movies, five broadcast television series, and five streaming series—and endless debates among fans like myself about the moral quandaries faced by the various crews acros
The Dive, 9/1/26 (opens the original)
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Quote of the MonthText within this block will maintain its original spacing when published"Not everything that offends us is harmful to us. It is our indulgences that make us go into a frenzy, becoming enraged at anything that doesn't suit our whim. We put on airs as if we were kings. For kings too forget their own power and the weaknesses of others, and so become enraged, just as if they sustained some injury—from which experience they are quite safe, thanks to the magnitude of their fortunes.
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