The Dreadnought

The Dreadnought

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You're gonna have a lot of fun watching television

And so it begins. Again.

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ONE WAY TO MARK the combustion and decline of the American empire is to visit the memorial to its greatest president. Make it a bright but bitter day, as it was in the second week of January when I saw for the first time Abe Lincoln enthroned in his immense melancholy. Turn north in lowering light, and between the colonnades is the entire text of his se…

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