Category Archives: Daily Links and Notes

The Great Divergence

The Atlantic But the divergence is more than just between workers who benefit from globalization and those that don’t. It’s also between the places those two groups tend to live. That’s because of something that economists refer to as the … Continue reading →

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The Rise of Christianity

Aeon

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5 Reasons Why the Pressure to Have Clear Skin Is a Feminist Issue

http://everydayfeminism.com/2017/02/pressure-clear-skin-feminist-issue/

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NYTimes: What ‘Hamilton’ Forgets About Hamilton

What ‘Hamilton’ Forgets About Hamilton https://nyti.ms/1U0ijhX

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Amusing ourselves to death

I thought of you when I read this quote from “Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business” by Neil Postman, Andrew Postman – “We were keeping our eye on 1984. When the year came and … Continue reading →

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The Washington Post: The Daily 202: More companies back away from Donald Trump under pressure from customers

The Daily 202: More companies back away from Donald Trump under pressure from customers http://wapo.st/2jL7WTD

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THIS HITLER NONSENSE …

https://regiehammblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/01/this-hitler-nonsense/

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Want to reduce inequality? Try the Black Death. – The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/want-to-reduce-inequality-try-the-black-death/2017/02/03/e90551e2-e7e9-11e6-bf6f-301b6b443624_story.html

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Red State, Blue City

The Atlantic

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Neal Postman “Amusing Ourselves to Death” was right

The Guardian What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who … Continue reading →

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