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FROM THE ARCHIVES — The Dying Men

Russian propagandists try to sue their way out of their shame

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Heidi Siegmund Cuda
Jan 30, 2024
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Originally published November 6, 2023

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“If we stop fighting our enemies, the world will die.”—Casablanca, 1942

“When a man becomes weak enough to accept a bribe, he’s already a dying man.”—Gilda, 1946

The Dying Men

I was watching a Glenn Ford-Rita Hayworth film noir last night, and a mobster explained that when a man becomes weak enough to commit his first c…

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