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Brock’s other insights on life, existence and death are more generalized; they’re just part and parcel of being 50 years old.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Mythos 5 is being deployed in collaboration with the US government.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Birthrates are low and immigration is being curtailed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The idea being: This isn’t actually a real lawsuit, and in cases where the same kind of claims have been made, the IRS has defended those cases and asserted all sorts of defenses.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Every year Dad would walk out of the fairgrounds with at least one human-sized stuffed something or other on his shoulders, and every year all of us would hate Mom for being such a downer.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam