Tag Archives: The Brothers Karamazov

Don’t think. Just keep buying.

Posted on April 29, 2026 by oddmanout215

Fans of Russian novels will appreciate the analogy Harold Meyerson used to explain why the online publication he works for, The American Prospect, has stopped running those annoying programmatic ads that interrupt the flow of website content: Let’s say you’re … Continue reading →

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Fergie and Fyodor do the Super Bowl

Posted on February 7, 2011 by oddmanout215

Yes, we shall set them to work, but in their leisure hours we shall make their life like a child’s game, with children’s songs and innocent dance. — from the Grand Inquisitor’s speech in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov And … Continue reading →

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