Two of the Weirdest Albums of the 1970s

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It’s Friday, and in the world of politics, it’s been a week that—to me, anyway—seems like a year. Monday was the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel. On Wednesday, in my new cover story, I offered Atlantic readers a dark (but I hope inspiring) warning from George Washington about the election.