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My Dad And I Are Estranged. Here Is Our Last Email Exchange From Two Years Ago.

I'm dropping an A-bomb here but, like Truman, I hope one will be enough to end the war. If it isn't, it isn't, and the bombings will continue.

Nov 17 •

Shutdown Fold 'Em, with Nate Silver

Published on Central Air • Nov 12

Why Every Aaron Sorkin Scene Feels The Same

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I Am Pro-Ballroom. (But Please Don't Unsubscribe From This Newsletter. Thanks.)

Oct 24 • Ben Dreyfuss

Overthinking Things: 5,000 Words About One Stupid Episode Of The West Wing

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I'm Doing A Weekly Podcast With Josh Barro & Megan McCardle. Please Tell Everyone You Know.

It's called CENTRAL AIR, a great name I did not come up with.

Oct 16 •

Thousands Of Words About The Bearer Bonds In DIE HARD

You will learn things from this blog post!

Oct 13 •

HEAT 2 Is Getting Made! Why? Because She's Got A GREAT ASS!

And you got your head all up in it.

Oct 8 •

The Left Is Very Mad At Ezra Klein. Why? Because They're Stupid.

A few thousand words on this subject.

Oct 3 •

A Very Long Post About The Charlie Kirk Assassination That Almost No One Will Finish Reading

ChatGPT told me to cut one of these sections out because it would make people hate me. I ignored it. Not all heroes wear capes.

Sep 19 •

I have been to mental institutions. Not every crazy is the same.

In September of 2016 I tried to kill myself while completely loaded on a bunch of Ambien (historically my drug of choice).

Sep 17 •

Europe Is Poor: South America Edition

French Guiana vs Guyana.

Sep 2 •

Calm Down

A substack about how the internet is making us all crazy.

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