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

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

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

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We’re All Conservatives Now

Stanley Fish on education, law and society.

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

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

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New Wave Nationalism by Dominique Moisi – Project Syndicate

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

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Evidence

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!

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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2010 and the Invention of the Zero : The Christmas Episode in the American Political Melodrama

Here we have the heart wrenching news of the Zero’s and their lack of bonuses, this year, in the New York Banking business. Nelson D. Schwartz and Susanne Craig in the December 19,2010 New York Times  breathlessly recount the awful … Continue reading →

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