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The Fading Dream of Europe by Orhan Pamuk | NYRBlog | The New York Review of Books

Posted on December 25, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

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A Universal History of the Destruction of Books by Fernando Báez – review | Books | The Guardian

Posted on December 25, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

A Universal History of the Destruction of Books by Fernando Baez Buy it from the Guardian bookshop “In general, biblioclasts are well-educated people . . . members of the middle or upper classes . . . with religious and social … Continue reading →

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Paul Krugman stops The Humbug Express

Posted on December 24, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/24/opinion/24krugman.html?_r=1&hp#

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We’re All Conservatives Now

Posted on December 24, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

Stanley Fish on education, law and society.

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Maddow: ‘Newt Gingrich is a direct mail scam artist’ | Video Cafe

Posted on December 24, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

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Obsessive / Compulsive: “The Social Network” (David Fincher, USA)

Posted on December 24, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

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New Wave Nationalism by Dominique Moisi – Project Syndicate

Posted on December 24, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

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Robert Scheer: Speaking Ill of ‘the Best and the Brightest’ – Robert Scheer’s Columns – Truthdig

Posted on December 23, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

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Evidence

Posted on December 22, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

Definition: Evidence = information tending to establish fact,visible, conspicuous. What can one think of the assertion of the idea of 'secret evidence' as, perhaps, a misnomer or the political rationalization of the despot or the tyrant. How are The Bush … Continue reading →

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Epitaph on the Republic!

Posted on December 22, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/21/AR2010122104598_2.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST2010122104609&om_rid=De4wA2&om_mid=_BNEf7IB8WpA2ml The lettre de cachet and the bill of attainder has been rehabilitated by President Obama's legal team in the name of national security, in the name of a constitutional  exceptionalism, of imminent treat to our security, in the name … Continue reading →

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