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Aug 25, 2023
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Hello friends,

Last April, an old friend of mine sent me a note, after I'd quoted from a somewhat double-minded David Brooks column. Brooks expressed hope for a "renewal period" in American life, but also anxiety that such a revival would be "killed in its crib by the intractable forces of cynicism and withdrawal."

"My fear is that we’ve entered a distru…

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