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This kind of self-destructive lunacy received theological sanction in the pages of First Things, a right-wing religious publication that fancies itself a bearer of the thought of Thomas Aquinas, but comes off more like Torquemada.

They make Jekyll and Hyde look uncomplicated; at times pure thoroughbreds, the Frankel of rugby and, at other times, self-destructive, the Devon Loch of the age.

Fans, however, appreciate Singh's raw honesty about his self-destructive tendencies - and his effort to overcome them.

It was “a needlessly self-destructive action purely for political showmanship,” Gleick said.

Williams seemed consumed with how to ensure this wasn’t all a self-destructive, highly dangerous waste of time.