December 2011
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An article last Sunday about Mitt Romney’s wealth described incorrectly the...
Until two years ago, the only picture the C.I.A.... →
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One thing I find paradoxical is that highly numerate people, people in the...
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From Rockefeller Center’s underground concourse, I rose by escalator to glimpse...
– Just did a portion of this.
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This Talking Is Only Bravado →
If I was a poor black kid I would first and most importantly work to make sure I got the best grades possible. I would make it my #1 priority to be able to read sufficiently. I wouldn’t care if I was a student at the worst public middle school in the worst inner city. Even the worst have their…
Well.
I feel this warrants a full, articulate, evidence-laden response, if only to recover...
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Coffee Shop Just Changed Music From Liturgy To Bon...
Now headphones.
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I am not going to light my hair on fire. I am not going to sign those silly...
– Jon Huntsman (via theatlantic)
…Except reverse my position on climate change. I’ll do that.
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What Herr Hitler failed to do in 1923 cannot even be attempted now. Even apart...
– The Economist, February 21, 1931.
Oh, hey, we’re not good at predicting anything. (via)
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A member of Congress has called on the U.S.... →
newsweek:
Today in Headlines We Never Thought We Would Actually See
Really? Because this is the Member of Congress who co-introduced the End Racial Profiling Act of 2010 (it didn’t go anywhere) and a bill to allow gay folks to sponsor partners for citizenship (also, nada).
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