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All hail the Bulwark pope!

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MAGA and the American Pope
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Might not be nothing

Probably Nothing
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Yet another example of the kind of coverage that is so distractingly wrong that it makes it hard to focus on the supposed bigger issue. I continue to be mystified by editors who feel they need to do stuff like this

The New York Times gets ever more Orwellian in its effort to rewrite the story of Kilmar Abrego García's tattoos

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Why Prevost's papal prospects prompt pushback
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I wrote about prediction markets — and the new pope.

Why didn't anyone predict the American pope?

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An exhaustive course profile for a course that’s gone through an exhausting number of changes. But have the finally gotten it right? I think (and hope) so as the 2025 nears with all sorts of wild scenarios in play.

Course Preview: Quail Hollow

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staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by Senator Chris Murphy

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Why Prevost's papal prospects prompt pushback

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So let me get this straight, we finally get an American pope, and some of the America first crowd is mad because he cares about the poor and immigrants. Am i missing something here?

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A great read!

When the Gospel Offends: MAGA’s Fury at Pope Leo XIV
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It’s quiet this week at Go Long… for good reason.

Hoping to have a two-part feature live on Monday.

I think they’ll make a movie about this guy’s life one day, too.

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MAGA and the American Pope
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Matt's describing a horribly corrupt situation. I'm just not sure it can be attributed to one bad actor, or even one class of bad actors. We've accepted corrupt behavior from institutional bad actors for so long that more examples in different fields isn't really news any more. It's just another case of business as usual in which the ric…

Private Equity and Hospitals: Have They Finally Gone Too Far?

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Dennis M. Sienkiewicz's avatar

The university presidents mostly have a cushy job except for the PR aspects. Most of them are picked because they’re the least offensive choice for a go between for the school and legislators, the media, and the general public. Bland and vanilla are the flavors of the day here…hard to get passion and drama from a dead fish because the wrong words or context will get them in hot water so fast, so they have to be that way to save their jobs.

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Most are picked because they are good at fundraising. Few universities look for other attributes.

fundraising is PRECISELY the reason they're "elected." fundraising and looking like they're "serious enough" (whatever THAT might have meant...obviously, in THIS case, there's some significant "falling short."

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