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This week marks 200 consecutive weekly posts.
I’m writing about a major genealogy discovery, the realities of AI-generated fiction, and why qualified immunity makes civil rights cases so difficult to overcome in court.
Take a look and feel free to weigh in.
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From Family Trees to Qualified Immunity: Reflections at 200 Weeks – Bob Mueller
A genealogy surprise, AI writing realities, and why qualified immunity makes civil rights cases so hard to win.

From Family Trees to Qualified Immunity: Reflections at 200 Weeks
In my 200th consecutive weekly post, I reflect on a major genealogy discovery, the realities of AI-generated fiction, and the troubling doctrine of qualified immunity—where “functionally identical facts” can determine whether civil rights violations ever see accountability.

From Family Trees to Qualified Immunity: Reflections at 200 Weeks – Bob Mueller
A genealogy surprise, AI writing realities, and why qualified immunity makes civil rights cases so hard to win.

The Atlantic hires David Brooks as a staff writer and host of a new weekly video podcast, starting in February, after 22 years as an NYT opinion columnist (The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/2026/01/atlantic-hires-davi…

The Atlantic hires David Brooks as a staff writer
New home for his writing, and to launch a video podcast

Back to Then: My Case for Time Travel
In this Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge post, I imagine time travel made real—not to change history, but to witness it. From ancient burials to wartime Europe, the dream collides with the risks, paradoxes, and unintended consequences of stepping outside our century.
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Back to Then: My Case for Time Travel – Bob Mueller
A WWBC post on time travel: visiting history without changing it—and the safety risks and paradoxes that could unravel everything.