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An obsessive attention to the news, I've realized, only serves to paint a picture of the world as a throbbing blob of dysfunction, most news falling somewhere on a scale from disappointing to calamitous.

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Josh Radnor
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: July 29
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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Columbus
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Joshua Thomas Radnor
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