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Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults?
There’s a lot to like about the Rationalist community, but they do have a certain tendency to spawn — shall we say — high demand groups. We sent a card-carrying Rat to investigate what’s really going on.
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The Death of Newsweek
The U.S. is losing something as the publication disintegrates—a magazine with guts and heart.
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