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Rod Dreher
Feb 06, 2026
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This has been a hard week for me, as I returned from Norway and woke up feeling that my old nemesis Epstein-Barr (the fancy name for mononucleosis) has returned. It flares from time to time, usually when I’m under lots of stress. I think this has to do with professional overcommitment, and anxiety over the ongoing mess with me ol’ Ma back home, but who …

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