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Polemic is popular and the owner is a tabloid journalist at heart. Be prepared for him to advocate a sole position as “the only way” to consider an issue. Rather than looking at issues in terms of priorities he’ll consider them in terms of binary absolutes. It’s his blog. Deal with it.

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