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Being the closing words of the retiring editor, this constitutes a tripartite reflection on 26 years at the helm of a journal that has continued to thrive in a vast discipline oriented in other ways. First, theory as a problem, orientation, and aim has evolved in the interval, while continuing to carry the weight of critique and renewal. Second, journals have become vehicles more for rapid communication than deep reflection but despite the physical changes in the creation and transmission of articles some features remain unchanged. Finally, an editor who has overstayed his welcome owes a debt of gratitude to more people than he can possibly thank in one editorial, but an attempt worthy of the debt is made nonetheless.

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For a Virtual Wayzgoose: A Farewell Editorial on the Mutations of Theory and Journals

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