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The unexpected joys of reading Just Some Person's diary from like 150 years ago
So the other day I’m watching the Ken Burns documentary series on the American Civil War.
 • Ben Fowlkes
Here in America we're unhinged and heavily armed and we must like it that way because we're doing nothing at all to change it
In the aftermath of another shooting we are mostly concerned with arguing about which direction to point the guns in next — and it's the same direction…
 • Ben Fowlkes
Reading an infamous old boxer's harrowing memoir kinda messed me up, man
They don't make 'em like this anymore. Which is both good and bad.
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In defense of the midlife crisis
The good part is running out. So if you're not loving where you're at, maybe you should freak out a little bit.
 • Ben Fowlkes
Have you noticed that everyone seems to have a lot of thoughts about what's wrong with men?
So the other day I’m indulging one of my worst impulses, killing time between activities by staring at my phone and letting the internet wash over me.
 • Ben Fowlkes
I watched "The Return" and it made me so mad, you guys
How could a movie starring a jacked Ralph Fiennes as an aging Odysseus possibly be bad? This is how.
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Now will never come again
Lessons from the philosophy of Jean-Luc Picard
 • Ben Fowlkes
The Fighting Life
The Fighting Life
Just straight up writin' stuff. Occasional meandering philosophizing, sometimes dovetailing with my long career covering fight sports. Or not.

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