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Notes on a Visit to the Statue of Liberty
My nephew just graduated high school, and for his present he wanted to see New York City.
Jun 15
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Jason Tebbe
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College Admissions and the Modern American Calvinist Elect
Or why affluent parents aren't up in arms over Trump gutting universities
Jun 1
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Jason Tebbe
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College Admissions and the Modern American Calvinist Elect
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May 2025
OK Computer Prophesied the World We Live In
Something is in the air because I listened to Radiohead’s OK Computer album yesterday, only to randomly discover that today is the 28th anniversary of…
May 22
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Jason Tebbe
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Nihilism versus Universalism
The good folks over at Liberal Currents published one of my essays this week on a subject I have been thinking about for many months now.
May 17
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Jason Tebbe
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Why the Legacy Media Protects Trump
This week I got a curious New York Times alert on my phone (picture above).
May 4
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Jason Tebbe
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April 2025
The Consolations of Baseball
I go through my days in this truly wretched time carrying a ball of anger, disgust, and fear in my belly at every moment.
Apr 19
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Jason Tebbe
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2020-2021 Was a Turning Point That Failed to Turn and We Are Paying the Price
Back in grad school when I was studying European history I had always enjoyed the pithy saying that the Revolutions of 1848 were “the turning point that…
Apr 11
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Jason Tebbe
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March 2025
Notes from a Road Trip From Jersey to Nebraska
The Plainsman is one of the many excellent Nebraska smalltown restaurants and bars I visited this week
Mar 30
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Jason Tebbe
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The Meaning of the Great Pandemic Forgetting
This week marked the fifth anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 lockdown, an anniversary notable for how little commemoration happened.
Mar 16
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Jason Tebbe
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The Meaning of the Great Pandemic Forgetting
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America's Brezhnev Years Are Over, Now Time For Something Worse
All writers have their old reliable warhorses to trot out there, and for years one of mine was the idea that the United States had entered its Brezhnev…
Mar 2
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Jason Tebbe
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February 2025
Thoughts on a Visit to the Met
Hope in dark times
Feb 15
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Jason Tebbe
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Watching Chernobyl in Troubled Times
Last night I decided to rewatch the HBO miniseries Chernobyl, partly so I could introduce it to my wife, but mostly because it feels especially relevant…
Feb 8
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