I was chastised last week for imposing limits on what you could talk about here. So I will lift my iron fist and say: Talk about whatever you want. Not that you need my permission. At the risk of steering the conversation, I&#8217;m curious about what y&#8217;all are reading these days. Books, I mean, not…

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