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Unboycotting

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For those offended by the mob attack on the Indiana pizzeria for anti-gay thought crimes, there's a " Go Fund Me " site benefi...
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Different Scales

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This sounds right, but I wonder if the results would hold up in a non-Western country? You find a time machine and travel to 1920. A young ...
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Good Friday: Crucifixion in the News

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The National Review has a piece on the revival of crucifixion, which is apparently enjoying a rush of popularity in ISIS-controlled territo...
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The End of Democracy, by Silicone Valley

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Democracy in America is dead , according to Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel. No, not in the anthropological, Alexander-de-Toqueville ...

Passover

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Via Maggie's Farm, a Rube Goldberg Passover seder:  
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The Georgia Legislature Wraps Up A Banner Year

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Having killed their own version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Georgia's Legislature is considering a bill that would regula...
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Ho-Hum: An Iran "Deal"

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Except it isn't, apparently: it's not an actual agreement to do anything except meet and talk further along certain lines. It soun...
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Stalingrad Re-enactment

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Pretty impressive kit.
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Speaking of the ME

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And speaking of overplaying one's hand: Support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is at nearly a 20-year ...
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Unplanning

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Want to reduce inequality and poverty? We already know what works best .
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Who cares about the Middle East?

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Not us any more, argues Holman Jenkins , because of fracking. They had only one card to play, and they let it get reproduced elsewhere.

The Virtue of a Good Woman

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How much was in her, and how much in the man who loved her? How to tell? Hayek v. J. S. Mill. Mill at least was a true lover, and there...

Can't Vouch for the "Young"

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Twice in the last couple of weeks I've met SUVs in my lane while riding my motorcycle, once 3/4s of the way in my lane (in a curve on a ...
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Blowing one's mind

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I subscribe to Quora, which sometimes sends me interesting emails with questions and surprising crowd-sourced answers. In this morning'...
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"Take wine and bullocks’ gall, of both equal quantities, mix with the leek, put this then into a brazen vessel..."

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Turns out this Old English potion works . The researchers tested the concoction on cultures of MRSA bacteria in synthetic wounds as well as ...
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"The Century of the Self"

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Here is a fascinating BBC documentary about the use of Freud and psychoanalysis, especially by government, during the 20th Century. It...
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Schiarazula Marazula by Giorgio Mainerio

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Three variations. First, on simple guitar so you can get the sense of the piece. Second, in a traditional style with traditional instru...
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"Authority and Freedom"

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The roots of every good thing... Some regard religious freedom as a product of the Enlightenment. However, the roots of a later understandin...
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Education and Climate Change

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The more you know, the more strongly you believe your side. In Gallup’s view, “These opposing trends by party suggest that higher levels of ...
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Scholarly Economics

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You might be asking yourself, 'How about a Grim post fully in favor of capitalism for a change?' I can do that. The first scholarly...
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