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September 2021

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Rules for anarchists

American anarchism has always been a literary conceit more than a political (or anti-political) program

By Bill Kauffman

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How ‘WhatsApp mums’ saved Kenya’s castaway children

While the diplomats did nothing, mothers negotiated the Lollipop Airlift that would bring their kids home

By Aidan Hartley

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High Life

How to have an affair

Never admit, never bore, and everything will be hunky-dory

By Taki

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The importance of formality

Formality at each level of society and in every social venue is an indispensable source and preserver of morale

By Chilton Williamson, Jr.

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Low Life

Help! I’m restaurant-phobic

Eating out once a week I can cheerfully manage. Twice, I start complaining

By Jeremy Clarke

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Language

The language of lounging around

I was put in mind of lounging by video conferencing, which allows conferees to attend to their visible top half while wearing lounge pants below

By Dot Wordsworth

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