Please forgive me for beginning with such a long excerpt. But I think it’s worth it.

Faye Curran, writing in The New Statesman, begins her essay on Sydney Sweeney’s “deal with the devil” thus:

You’re reading the G-File, Jonah Goldberg’s twice-weekly “news”letter providing his unique—and humorous—take on politics and culture.

Dear Reader (especially you patriots of Piddington. Good luck and God bless),

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Please forgive me for beginning with such a long excerpt. But I think it’s worth it.

Faye Curran, writing in The New Statesman, begins her essay on Sydney Sweeney’s “deal with the devil” thus:

You’re reading the G-File, Jonah Goldberg’s twice-weekly “news”letter providing his unique—and humorous—take on politics and culture.

Dear Reader (especially you patriots of Piddington. Good luck and God bless),

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