I had lunch with a friend a few days ago, and the conversation inevitably turned to what is happening in our body politic.

Until recently, I assumed that the term “extinction burst” referred to the impact of the comet, asteroid or other catastrophic space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs. Turns out the expression ...

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