Chris Navin

Michael Totten links to a piece written by a journalist who made it inside Iran:
‘So Cohler-Esses’ naiveté is balanced out to an extent with this sort of reporting. It’s also countered by an accurate analysis of who’s really in charge.
He ably dissects what he calls the Deep State—Khamenei and the instruments of power he controls directly, such as the Revolutionary Guard Corps. It’s the Deep State that executes dissidents, throws demonstrators into prison, and backs Iranian terrorist...

Interesting piece:
Our admirable friendly critic Solzhenitsyn, remember, called modern technology — with its dislocating effects on, for example, the relations between the generations — another trial of free will. There is no reason not to believe that technological progress...

Of Mere Being
The palm at the end of the mind,
Beyond the last thought, rises

Audio here (tolerable). Uncle Fred Flits By. I could not find it for free, but you can check out the first few pages at the above link.
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