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Going on Mounjaro (a.k.a. Ozyempic 2.0): A Personal Narrative
Possibly the First of a Series Depending on Both Whether Anyone Is Actually Interested and If Any Further Additionally Interesting Things Actually…
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Stephen Saperstein Frug
Contra Kriss on the Value of Truth
A follow-up to my essay about fiction and lies, considering the question of whether or not Sam Kriss is a liar
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Stephen Saperstein Frug
The Difference Between Fiction and Lies Is Actually Very Straightforward
Give or take a few edge cases, sure, but the basics are pretty simple
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Stephen Saperstein Frug
You Should Listen to the Delight That is Revolutions Season 11
But Only After Drinking Deep of the Delights of Revolutions Seasons 3 - 10
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Stephen Saperstein Frug
The World Will Never Be Saved
Meditations Inspired By, But Not Really About, the Events of This Week, With More than the Usual Number of Quotations as Hopefully Instructive…
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Stephen Saperstein Frug
Saying Kaddish as an Atheist
Magnified and Sanctified be God's Name, Even Though I Don't Believe in Him
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Stephen Saperstein Frug
On the God's Eye View of Art, Part 2
With Some Largely Parenthetical Remarks on the Nature and Pleasures of Certain Imaginary Libraries
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Stephen Saperstein Frug
On the God's Eye View of Art, Part 1
Or, Variations Without Themes
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Stephen Saperstein Frug
The Voters Did Not Chose Biden as the Nominee
Trying to Put to Rest a Genuinely Fatuous Talking Point
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Stephen Saperstein Frug
Last Night in Historical Perspective
In Which I Once Again Succumb to the Temptation to Write About the Topic du jour
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Stephen Saperstein Frug
Jerry Frug, 1939-2023
A Eulogy for My Father
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Stephen Saperstein Frug
My Cancellation
What We Talk About When We Talk About Not Being Able to Talk About Things
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Stephen Saperstein Frug
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