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You can find my home online at jakelevine.me and my long form writing at jakelevine.me/blog
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There is a tendency among those who grew up under the rule of law to treat it like the Rock of Ages, an immovable substrate in which all the institutions of the state are forever anchored. And so even ordinarily skeptical people tend to assume that the government obeys its own laws when no one is looking. To an astonishing extent, and to the great credit of American civic life, this is actually true.
But I think a better metaphor for the rule of law is that it is the soil in which democratic institutions take root. Like the soil, it can be depleted. And once depleted, it is not easily replenished.
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Walking home (at Brooklyn Bridge)
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Video of puppies testing Digg Reader in the wild (at Digg Worldwide Headquarters)
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Finally got a chance to try glass and it exceeded my expectations. Can’t wait to build on it
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Every few minutes this saw is switched on, and makes its way a few inches down the board. At some point tonight, it will make it down to the bottom and cut through its own cord. (at 610 Smith St)
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Birthday BBQ (at Brooklyn Bridge Park - Pier 5)
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Very good evening (at Brooklyn Heights)
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at Balthazar Restaurant
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You can change the direction this train is moving just by thinking about it.
(Source: buzzfeed, via soniasaraiya)
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Dots Gone Wild
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“What?” (at House Levine)
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This happens like once a week to @daweiner (at Betaworks)
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