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  "path": "/issues/2026-2-28/the-view-from-here",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-28T00:00:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": " \n\n##### The slippery slope from nuclear warfare to eating kittens\n\nBy Errol Morris\n\nWith Donald Trump bombing Iran, Vladimir Putin threatening to nuke Ukraine, and America’s last remaining arms-control treaty with Russia expiring earlier this month with little prospect of renewal, I find myself pondering two eternal questions. One involves a chicken; the other, Julius Caesar. In both instances, we are asked: Why? Why did the chicken cross the road? Why did Julius Caesar cross the Rubicon? What were they thinking? Or: _Were_ they thinking? In the first instance, we are not expected to answer. How could we possibly know what a chicken is thinking? But in the second, we are. Where to begin? READ ON",
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