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- Wednesday Discussion Thread 8/7/2025
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- The Media Can’t Handle the Absence of Truth 7/31/2025
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- Chartbook 399: Columbia University, the Trump administration and "ad hoc governance": Iterations of the "Unstate". 7/25/2025
- Chartbook 400: Murder not crisis - Why Israel's starvation of Gaza is exceptional in a global context. 7/27/2025
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- Phil and Minna on the USA and Europe 8/1/2025
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- More on analyzing concepts 7/27/2025
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- Short Videos On Stoicism, The Cardinal Virtues, and the Subordinate Virtues 8/2/2025
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- The Intentional Investor #34: Rupert Mitchell 8/7/2025
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- The Day The Music Died Vs. The Days The Music Lives: Laurie Kaye and Kevin Alexander on JUST PRESS RECORD 7/30/2025
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- Weekly Roundup: Aug. 1 8/1/2025
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