HeyJaredThe Weekly Sift
Pulling back from the minute-to-minute news cycle to take a longer view of what's really important.
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Machiavellian Assessments (opens the original)
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No Sift for the next five weeks. The next new articles will appear on November 2.Far-called, our navies melt away;On dune and headland sinks the fire:Lo, all our pomp of yesterdayIs one with Nineveh and Tyre!- Rudyard Kipling, Recessional (1897)This week’s featured posts are “At the end of an age“ and “The Nerd Reich“.<
The Nerd Reich (opens the original)
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At the end of an age (opens the original)
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Teaser for the posts of September 21 (opens the original)
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I’m about to take the longest vacation from the Sift since I started it in 2008: five weeks. I don’t plan to post again until election eve. I guess we’ll find out whether blogging is a choice or a compulsion.I realize this is bad timing on my part, but there are special circumstances: I’m getting married again Saturday, and I’ll be on a long honeymoon in France and Spain. Those of you who have followed this blog for a while may remember that I was married for 40 years before my first wife died i
Just Desserts (opens the original)
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This week’s featured post is “What Germany teaches us about ourselves“.Ongoing storiesTrump’s assault on American democracy. The Missouri gerrymandering case (discussed below) shows just how far MAGA is willing to go to seize an unfair advantage. The Luttig article (also discussed below) raises an even darker possibility.Climate change. NOAA says 2026 had the <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6082122-summer-
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