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First of all:
Sorry for the server difficulties. I’ve been grappling with them too. In fact, if any of my posts today struck you as less than cogent or insightful, let’s go ahead and blame the servers.
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Jesse Singal is a former opinion writer for The Boston Globe and former web editor of the Washington Monthly. He is currently a master's student at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Policy. Follow him on Twitter at @jessesingal.
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