"The massacre in Tucson is, in a sense, irrelevant to the important point. Whatever drove Jared Lee Loughner, America's political frequencies are full of violent static."— George Packer, in the New Yorker.
George Packer: "It doesn't matter why he did it."
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LA couple terrified after "watermelon-size" ice chunk crashes through roof — JetBlue plays innocent, but FAA disagrees
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2018 essay: "The Case for Letting Malibu Burn"
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Learn 14 languages at home with Babbel
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