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A McSweeney’s Book Preview: An Excerpt from John Horgan’s The End of War by John Horgan

Dispatches From Civil War Reenactments

Jan 03

War is a fact of human nature. As long as we exist, it exists. That’s how the argument goes. But longtime Scientific American writer John Horgan disagrees. Applying the scientific method to war leads Horgan to a radical conclusion: biologically speakin... »

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A McSweeney’s Books Preview: An Excerpt from John Horgan’s The End of War by John Horgan

Dispatches From Civil War Reenactments

Jan 03

War is a fact of human nature. As long as we exist, it exists. That’s how the argument goes. But longtime Scientific American writer John Horgan disagrees. Applying the scientific method to war leads Horgan to a radical conclusion: biologically speakin... »

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Federal court refuses to throw out Open Beaches lawsuit

Off The Kuff

Oct 05

I hadn’t realized that there was federal court action on the Galveston open beaches case. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request by the General Land office that it throw out the case because the beachfront house at the heart of the laws... »

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