a lengthy disquisition on foreign policy Adam Smith's celebrated disquisition on the factors contributing to the wealth of nations.

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Then Bouza offers a mighty disquisition on poverty and ghettoization that should be inscribed on the walls of every station house in the country. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, "What to Stream: Alan and Susan Raymond’s Prescient Documentaries of Police, Prison, and Schools," 1 Aug. 2020

There’s an amusing disquisition on ant life, which thanks to the quirks of scale (among other things) is nothing like our own. Frank Rose, WSJ, "‘Not to Scale’ Review: Both Ends of the Telescope," 3 Mar. 2020

In Lucretius, the two are joined: his philosophical disquisition on atoms, pleasure, and the plague takes the form of a poem, a song to be sung. Stephen Greenblatt, The New Yorker, "Invisible Bullets: What Lucretius Taught Us About Pandemics," 16 Mar. 2020

The prose is no longer a formal disquisition of the self but becomes a forceful assertion of control: a chef in her own kitchen, a woman who knows how to find the answers. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, "“Burn the Place” Is a Thrilling, Disquieting Memoir of Addiction and Coming of Age," 15 Oct. 2019

This is the sort of drama where even the thugs serve up disquisitions on Tiananmen Square and the historical uses of power along with their beat downs. James Poniewozik, New York Times, "Review: ‘Devs’ Is a Cold and Beautiful Machine," 4 Mar. 2020

But his superb skill at singing tones and eloquent disquisition won out. Washington Post, "National Symphony Orchestra considers the one and the many in program of Grieg, Dvorak and Nielsen," 7 Feb. 2020

Yet upon hearing my disquisition on open borders, many of my peers look at me with deep concern. WSJ, "Open Borders, Affirmative Action, the Framers and the Neocons," 28 Jan. 2020

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