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And Andrew Marantz reminisced about Tucker Carlsons wondrous reign at Fox News: And who could forget the Tucker Carlson Originals special The End of Men, which introduced the world to bromeopathy, the patriotic practice of bathing ones testicles in red light? That special also featured hand-wringing about soy boys, paeans to raw-egg slonkers and homoerotic montages, apparently filmed on Alex Joness bocce court, that looked like Abercrombie & Fitch ads directed by Leni Riefenstahl. (Peter J. Comerford, Providence, R.I., and Allan Tarlow, West Hollywood, Calif.)

In The Washington Post, Eugene Robinson marveled at Ron DeSantiss fixation on Disney: The more he persists, the more attention he draws away from the shiny object he wanted to show off to the MAGA crowd the anti-gay education bill and puts the spotlight, instead, on his own Ahab-like pursuit of the Little Mermaid. (Lorrie Gervin, San Jose, Calif., and Tom Cosgrove, Arlington, Va., among others)

In The Times, Mike Tanier assessed the Indianapolis Colts pick of Anthony Richardson in the first round of the N.F.L. draft, comparing him with the star quarterback of the Buffalo Bills: Richardson has the arm strength, athleticism and sheer size to rival Josh Allen but about as much experience (13 collegiate starts) as the intern who filled your office coffee machine with copy toner. (Mark Grove, Indianapolis)

Also in The Times, Dwight Garner reviewed Death of an Author, a stunt novella whose language is 95 percent machine-generated, somewhat like the food at a Ruby Tuesday. Garner went on to philosophize: Fiction matters more now, in a world increasingly deracinated by technology. A.I. will never pose a threat to the real thing to writing with convictions, honest doubts, riddling wit, a personal vision of the world, rawness and originality. Another word for these qualities is soul, which is exactly what ChatGPT lacks. Left wholly naked in front of the A.I. onslaught may be the writers of certain formulaic best sellers, but thats a matter for their agents. (Benjamin D. Diamond, Washington, D.C.)

Finally, you occasionally send in headlines that you find especially delightful, and I occasionally include one of them, such as this recent gem in Texas Monthly: Apocalypse Sow: Can Anything Stop the Feral Hog Invasion? (Sylvia Pearl, Maplewood, N.J.)

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