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On the Yazidi
The Yazidi are the most harshly persecuted minority group you’ve never heard of. For various reasons we will get into, very little ethnographic scholarship exists on the Yazidi. Because of this, a lot of their “canonical” definition as a people is a bit in flux right now. They are rapidly becoming a diaspora people, and…
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A Reasonable Defense of Astrology
I never really thought I would write something like this. Up until pretty recently I was myself quite dismissive of the practice. A couple of years ago I was on the Amtrak with my girlfriend and we had gotten one of the roomettes for the long trip. It was my first time staying in the…
