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** WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2019
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Fear is perhaps the greatest enemy of candor. How many men fear to follow their conscience because they would rather conform to the opinion of other men than to the truth they know in their hearts? How can I be sincere if I am constantly changing my mind to conform with the shadow of what I think others expect of me?
– Thomas Merton, From No Man Is an Island ([link removed]) [1955]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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August 28, 2019
The Mainstream Press's Deference to Authority in the Death of Jeffrey Epstein ([link removed])
One of the fascinating, albeit not too surprising, aspects of the Jeffrey Epstein death has been the reaction of the mainstream media. From the very first moment that the news hit that Epstein had died in prison from an apparent suicide, the mainstream media concluded that that is precisely what happened. Immediately, there was a spate of commentaries, op-eds, and editorials mocking and ridiculing any ...
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