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March 2026

Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden
The woman dispensing advice was always the one who needed watching.
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The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown
Brown has run this machine so many times he finally knows exactly how fast to take the corners.
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Someone is cashing the check
Over the past forty years, a few very wealthy Americans realized something important.
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Everyone is informed. Nobody knows anything.
Most people are not uninformed.
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Nobody controls a chokepoint like an actuary
On March 5, seven maritime insurance clubs sent out cancellation notices. Gard, NorthStandard, Skuld, Steamship Mutual, the American Club, the Swedish…
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The mayor is not the movement
Yesterday, I read in The Polis Project that Zohran Mamdani’s decision to call Susan Abulhawa’s comments reprehensible was more than a mistake; it argued…
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$175 million to tell you what you already know
One Battle After Another had a $175 million budget and won Best Picture.
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Honor by Thrity Umrigar
The violence that calls itself protection
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UAE isn’t brainwashed, Western commentators are lazy
Somewhere in the last two decades, a diagnostic habit settled into Western commentary on the Gulf states.
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Your agreeable friend is the worst person you know
Millions of people now consult AI before difficult conversations, after bad days, and in the middle of arguments they haven’t finished having.
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The war we planned and the war we got
Wars are always fought twice.
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