February 2012
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Commenting on "An Argument Against the 2011 World...
goodbyewren: The World Press Photo of the Year was chosen, selecting Samuel Aranda’s photograph from Yemen of a woman comforting a man, (presumably) the victim of political violence during the rebellion against Saleh’s regime. I argue that this selection is problematic. [Read the rest of Jon’s post.] This is essentially a collaborative year end best-of list with a bunch of third...
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January 2012
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“To protest a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before...”
– Huff Po (via rachelfershleiser) [Send her an e-mail telling her she’s great.]
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“When Dostoevsky met Dickens in 1862 — a meeting that is hard to imagine —...”
– Verlyn Klinkenborg, “The Whirling Sound of Planet Dickens” (via fwriction)
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“The bad lover, like the bad poet, perhaps because of a preoccupation with self,...”
– Stephen Dunn, Walking Light: Essays and Memoirs (via wwnorton)
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Interview with Andrew Potter: Travel and the... →
I think we need to keep in mind that the backpackers you’re talking about, who go to new areas and beat new paths by living close to the people and close to the earth and so on, they are in a sense—and this isn’t my line, this is from an old book I came across—the shock troops of the mass tourism industry. They’re the ones who go into a place that has no infrastructure for tourism and basically...
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"Did a Harvard Economics Class Cause the Financial... →
pushinghoopswithsticks: The article linked above is a six paragraph anecdotal example of what Chris Hedges pointed out in his 2008 article The Best and the Brightest Led America Off a Cliff. Both are recommended reading. 
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“Writing turns you into somebody who’s always wrong. The illusion that you may...”
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Racist Incorporated and the Inoculations Against...
youngmanhattanite: Racist Incorporated is a company dedicated to being as racist as possible for the right reasons. We research how to fight racism with more racism. Why? We believe in people. We believe that when racism is isolated in its purest form, that it exposes itself as gross and absurd, and people will recognize that. Our claim: We create racist experiences for good. We would like to...
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