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Internet ethnographer. I want to talk to you if you grew up with unrestricted access to the Internet. Tech correspondent at The Spectator. Staff Critic at Tablet. Bylines in The Dispatch, WSJ, The New York Times, and Politico. Accepting commissions.
Author, "Domestic Extremist: A Practical Guide to Winning the Culture War. Wife supremacist. California native on stolen lands. On X @keenanpeachy.
Roger Kimball is the Editor and Publisher of The New Criterion and President and Publisher of Encounter Books.
Mischief, mayhem and Washington gossip. Cockburn sends a twice-weekly newsletter on Tuesdays and Fridays containing DC’s most whispered-about stories. Send tips and party invites to [email protected].
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