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Recommended by Jim Freeman

This is a project by Theo Schwinke, a good friend of mine from old days in Prague. He's a fine a thinker as he is a writer, and you have this post to confirm my recomendation. Improve your life, make your day brighter. I know we all have too many items in our inbox. Trust me, this one is worth tossing two others out. You won't be sorry. If you are, come to Prague, look me up and I'll buy you a coffee...

- Jim Freeman

English Wanted

By Alex Went

Occasional musings on the English Language, literature, and all that jazz.

There is no more informed, eloquent, or satirical s tudent of the arcane than Alex. He is worth every second of attention--your reward is to be informed, eloquent and satirical.

- Jim Freeman

Morgan

The Long Memo (TLM)

By William A. Finnegan

I wrote memos for senior government officials to make better policy decisions. Now I write them to help people like you understand our world.

The Borowitz Report

By Andy Borowitz

Home of Truth

Satire is America's healing medicine and few do it as well as Andy...

- Jim Freeman

Seymour Hersh

It's worse than you think

Roots and Fruits

By Alex

The history of language, as told by everyday fruit and veg

A huge thankyou to Roots and Fruits, written by a true paragon of intellectual expertise, Alex Went. Everyone should keep an 'Alex' in their back pocket for any sort of troubled times.

- Jim Freeman

Thinking about...

By Timothy Snyder

Opening the future by understanding the past.