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Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate

July 16, 2025 George Weigel 26

“Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate” was printed on the punch cards that fed data into IBM computers in the 1950s, when those primitive calculating machines could occupy the entire floor of a building. That […]

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No “just wars”?

March 30, 2022 George Weigel 34

Every war is a defeat for humanity, because men and women endowed with reason should be able to resolve their differences without mass violence. Reason, however, can be corrupted by ignorance, passion, ideology, pride, and […]