Monday, July 28, 2014

On American Freedom and American Responsibility

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What our tired nation still owes the world: Robert Kagan's recent provocative - and important- recent article in the New Republic on ...

Sigmar Polke at MoMA: Art, Anti-Art, Art Squared, Art for Dummies, and An Artists' Artist (Take your pick)

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From Sigmar Polke's massive, sprawling retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, "Alibis: 1963-  2010" Site here:  http://www...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Seeking Higher Ground

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James Fallows in The Atlantic, in attempting to assess the real effectiveness of the Iron Dome missile system, perhaps unwittingly reveals w...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

VV: Bob Marley and "The White Album": How a Legend Became - Posthumously- an Household Name

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From Chris Kornelis in the Village Voice: 'Robinson believed he could sell a million copies of the album, but to do it he would have to ...
Friday, July 4, 2014

Independence

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Suite: Judy Blue Eyes CSN at Woodstock   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-azgwfnZu7c&sns=em
Sunday, June 29, 2014

Inequality Isn't Inevitable

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"We are not embracing a politics of envy if we are reversing a politics of greed":Economist  Joseph E. Stiglitz on how politics - ...
Monday, June 23, 2014

Alan Turing: June 23, 1914 - June 7, 1954

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Alan Mathison Turing ,  OBE ,  FRS  ( 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was a British mathematician,  logician ,  cryptanalyst , philosopher,  com...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

The Log Splitter of Avenue P

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Photo by Anthony Napoli, Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn

Baptism by Fire: Touch the Wall and Touch the Heart

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N.R. Kleinfield's NYT cover story on FDNY "proby" Jordan Sullivan is deeply felt and Pulitzer worthy. A must read in today...
Friday, June 20, 2014

When Drones Fall....

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Over 400 drones have crashed since 2001, many internationally at scenes of various US l'aventurra , but also in the US, according to Fed...

"Quantam" Leap of Number of Refugees Worldwide: NY Times

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The NY Times reports "We  are not facing an increasing trend, we are really facing a quantum leap,” in the number of refugees worldwide...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

The Freeway to Mars

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Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk wants to put humans on Mars and bring them back home to Earth within 10 - 12 years - that's decades B...
Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Income Inequality: The Topic for Our Time

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On Monday, more than 10,000 MoveOn members across the country gathered online to watch Senator Elizabeth Warren and acclaimed economist Thom...
Monday, May 26, 2014

Melior est pax in vita, in morte pax

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From Jordi Savall's Jerusalem
Friday, May 23, 2014

Friday Reverie: "Taking a Chance on Love"

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Ethel Waters and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, "Taking a Chance on Love" from Cabin in the Sky.