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The Prophet Chesterton once remarked that journalism tends to give us the end of the story without giving us the beginning or middle. In his memorable phrase, newpapers are constantly announcing \u201cAdmiral Bangs is Dead!\u201d to a world that never knew Admiral Bangs had been born. I find myself in much the same position now, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nSpeaking of Chesterton<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Prophet Chesterton once remarked that journalism tends to give us the end of the story without giving us the beginning or middle. 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