PREVAIL by Greg Olear

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Dirty Riyals: A Brief History of Trump/Qatar
Quid Pro Doha.
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Sunday Pages: "Where The Sidewalk Ends"
A poem by Shel Silverstein
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Ramble On: Welcome, Pope Leo XIV! (video)
Morning thoughts on the new Pope, and what the white smoke at this latest conclave might herald
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Roberto Calvi & the Briefcase of Secrets: The Vatican Bank, the Mafia, the Italian Deep State, and the Mystery of the Dead Banker
A discussion with journalist Nicolo Majnoni about his thrilling new podcast, "Shadow Kingdom: God's Banker"
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Sunday Pages: "Requiem"
A poem by Anna Akhmatova
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Ramble On: President Knucklehead's Big Little Photoshopped Lie (video)
Morning thoughts on Trump's deficiency of intelligence, the sinister intent of his "tattoo" lie to ABC News, and the Russo-MAGA war on reality
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April 2025

Rubio in Reverse: Marco in Retrograde
What Dorothy Thompson once said of Hitler is true of Trump's Secretary of State: he is "the apotheosis of the Little Man."
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Sunday Pages: "Alice, Always"
An essay by Zarina Zabrisky
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Zarina Zabrisky
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Ramble On: "Peace For Our Time" in Ukraine (video)
Morning thoughts on Russian war crimes, Putin's lies and betrayals, the Trump Administration's incompetence, and the flawed thinking in the Ukraine…
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Holy See-Saw
Thoughts on the papacy, power, succession, and the death of Pope Francis
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Sunday Pages: "The Toilette of Venus"
A painting by François Boucher
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Ramble On: Trolls Are Running the Federal Government (video)
Morning thoughts on Abrego Garcia, Bukele, Trump, Rubio, RFK, and the deranged psychology of trolling
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