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NYT: Paragon of Journalistic Integrity – Pt. 311,824
From Politico: The New York Times’ refusal to put Ted Cruz’s memoir on its best-seller list is once again being called into question — this time by Amazon, the largest Internet retailer in the country. On Sunday, an Amazon spokesperson told … Continue reading
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Shorty Guzman Escapes
I’ve had a running thesis here at this blog that Shorty Guzman runs much of Mexico, and the occasional bust of a drug kingpin is invariably a rival of Guzman. Such moves serve to appease U.S. calls for ‘action’ and … Continue reading
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JYT: 7/10/15
From the NYT, a lesson on how to strategically place stories for a desired cognitive affect:
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Heidegger: Alleged Paradigm Shift
In his new book, Making Sense of Heidegger: A Paradigm Shift, Stanford Religious Studies Professor Thomas Sheehan argues that Heidegger scholarship of the last 50 years has been fundamentally misguided in its understanding of Heidegger’s own project: “I am happy … Continue reading
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Puerto Rico: America’s Greece
From a WaPo article on the Puerto Rican debt problem: As much as some Puerto Ricans chafe under rules made in Washington, it is also true that, as U.S. citizens, Puerto Ricans are protected by the federal safety net. About … Continue reading
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Progress in Silicon Valley
The gender equality bandwagon careens around another corner. NPR reports that “Facebook’s New Logo Is A Visual Nod To Gender Equality“. “A woman designer at Facebook recently updated the company’s iconic “friends” logo,” reads the byline, “making the woman’s silhouette … Continue reading
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American Sharks – Overdrive (2013)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0wMuA0J3eQ
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Michael Oren’s Problem With American Jews
Lloyd Green reviews Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide by Michael B. Oren (“Michael Oren’s Problem With American Jews“): Ally, Michael Oren’s political autobiography, is an indictment of the Obama administration’s Middle East policy, or more precisely, its stance … Continue reading
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Brits Still Live in Anglo-Saxon Tribal Kingdoms
An interesting study reported in The Telegraph: Britons are still living in the same ‘tribes’ that they did in the 7th Century, Oxford University has found after an astonishing study into our genetic make-up. Archaeologists and geneticists were amazed to … Continue reading
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On the Value of Not Knowing Everything
James McWilliams has a good article “On the Value of Not Knowing Everything“, centering on the Mysterian position which emanates from Thomas Nagel’s seminal bat argument, an argument I believe is incontestable. Despite a few misplaced snickers (e.g., describing anti-pomo … Continue reading
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