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JCWurtenbaugh (and variants) are the writing names of Frank Dudley Berry, Jr.

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'Wurtenbaugh's account is stunningly original...' - Kirkus Reviews. A Prophet Without Honor. amzn.to/2tGCAHC
A Prophet Without Honor: A Novel of Alternative History

A Prophet Without Honor: A Novel of Alternative History

In the first months of 1936, Adolf Hitler risked everything by ordering his untrained military to reoccupy the Rhineland. It was a bluff. The Germans would have been forced to retreat if the French...

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More Homey Thoughts About AI, by @fdberry genuinerealist.substack.com/…
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AI and All The Lonely People, by @fdberry genuinerealist.substack.com/…
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AI and All The Lonely People, by @fdberry genuinerealist.substack.com/…
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The Faith of a Kantian, by @fdberry genuinerealist.substack.com/…
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Just the man for the job!
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@remarksJul 27
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he will "root out antisemitism" in New York City.
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This is terrible
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Glen Hansard, Irish Musician and 'Once' Star Who Won Oscar for Best Song, Dies at 56 variety.com/2026/music/globa…
Glen Hansard, Irish Musician and ‘Once’ Star Who Won Oscar for Best Song, Dies at 56

Glen Hansard, Irish Musician and ‘Once’ Star Who Won Oscar for Best Song, Dies at 56

Glen Hansard, the Irish musician who starred in the film "Once" and won the Oscar for best song, died on Wednesday in a motorcycle crash. He was 56.

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The Real Triumph of American Idealism; or, Why I Am An Arendtist, by @fdberry open.substack.com/pub/genuin…
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Obiter Dicta (I), by @fdberry open.substack.com/pub/genuin…
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An Anecdote About the Death Penalty, by @fdberry open.substack.com/pub/genuin…
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Revising the Conventional Wisdom (I), by @fdberry open.substack.com/pub/genuin…
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Revising the Conventional Wisdom (I), by @fdberry open.substack.com/pub/genuin…
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Notes on the Staging of 'Othello' , by @fdberry open.substack.com/pub/genuin…
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As with any police shooting, if evidence shows excessive force, then manslaughter (almost never murder). But the basic cause of the chaos that leads to these tragedies is the implicit sanction given by partisan opponents to tactics that go way, way beyond any legitimate protest.
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The Mob and the Law, by @fdberry open.substack.com/pub/genuin…
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A Word For It, by @fdberry open.substack.com/pub/genuin…
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Trump Derangement Syndrome In Action, by @fdberry open.substack.com/pub/genuin…
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Replying to @davidfrum
Every woman who heard him call her a ‘fucking bitch’ after he shot her three times knew he was an abuser . Everyone woman who heard the POTUS call her disrespectful knew he meant she deserved to be shot for being a woman not obeying a man.
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John, the reason I like Elon Musk is that you feel perfectly free to throw out that sneering insult on a site he owns. Do the equivalent on Blue Sky, and you'll be gone in 90 seconds.
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