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January 7, 2019 in 1,123 words
to set a mood • • • John Oliver on Monty Python: ‘inspirational idiots who changed comedy’ When a reckless teacher screened Life of Brian at his school, the future comedian fell in love with the...
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January 11, 2019 in 2,649 words
to set a mood • • • People older than 65 share the most fake news, a new study finds And the finding holds true across party lines Older Americans are disproportionately more likely to share fake news...
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January 12, 2019 in 3,349 words
‘We the people’: the battle to define populism The noisy dispute over the meaning of populism is more than just an academic squabble – it’s a crucial argument about what we expect from democracy When...
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January 13, 2019 in 2,514 words
American educators are treating Trump’s presidency as the ultimate teachable moment TURNING THE PAGE, AN UPHILL CLIMB Stephen Uhlhorn teaches social studies to seventh- and eighth-graders at Western...
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January 14, 2019 in 2,388 words
A simple “nyet” would suffice, Mr. President MOSCOW ON THE POTOMAC? Donald Trump was given the opportunity last night (Jan.12) to address the most important question posed by a New York Times report...
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January 15, 2019 in 2,680 words
‘Climate of panic’: bombings in Brazil reveal growing power of gangs Wave of attacks in Ceará state exposes how poverty, lack of policies for young people and creaking prison system add up to perfect...
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January 17, 2019 in 3,322 words
Impeach Donald Trump Starting the process will rein in a president who is undermining American ideals—and bring the debate about his fitness for office into Congress, where it belongs ON JANUARY 20,...
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January 18, 2019 in 3,169 words
Psychology Has a New Approach to Building Healthier Men A controversial set of guidelines aims to help men grapple with “traditional masculinity” This week, the American Psychological Association, the...
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January 19, 2019 in 2,368 words
ONE COUPLE’S TIRELESS CRUSADE TO STOP A GENETIC KILLER When Sonia Vallabh lost her mother to a rare disease, she and her husband, Eric Minikel, set out to find a cure. In retrospect, it might have been...
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January 20, 2019 in 2,482 words
to set a mood • • • ‘The goal is to automate us’: welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism Shoshana Zuboff’s new book is a chilling exposé of the business model that underpins the digital world....
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January 22, 2019 in 2,600 words
to set a mood • • • A day with the men about to make it across the US border – at any cost Central American migrants escaping poverty and violence in their hometowns find crossing legally is a slow...
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January 24, 2019 in 2,001 words
to set a mood • • • Ed. Today’s not a Groundhog Day. I’m just really, really late cobbling these errant ramblings barely uninteresting at all things up. Sorry. It will happen again. Trapped in a hoax:...
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January 25, 2019 in 2,559 words
“I’ve been looking for you for 20 years. You don’t know me, but I know you. I have a message for you.” Klara, a 92-year-old Holocaust survivor, heard those words in 1961 on the streets of Tel Aviv....
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January 26, 2019 in 3,002 words
to set a mood • • • The business of kidnapping: inside the secret world of hostage negotiation Official policy in the UK and US – unlike in many other countries – is to never make concessions to...
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January 27, 2019 in 2,801 words
to set a mood • • • > Ed. This piece was playing on my Pandora stream as I linked to YouTube. It also showed up under recommended videos. Is YouTube using the microphone on my laptop in order to...
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January 31, 2019 in not so many words
Groundhog Day – Day 4 These errant ramblings barely uninteresting at all things seem to be in a 1993 Bill Murray movie this week. I’d suggested to my boss that we consider hiring another older worker...
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February 1, 2019 in 3,148 words
to set a mood • • • Perhaps today isn’t a Groundhog Day after all. I’m dreading my phone ringing… Maybe Only Tim Cook Can Fix Facebook’s Privacy Problem Tim Cook, who has called privacy a “fundamental...
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February 2, 2019 in 771 words
Forget Trump’s border distraction – the real threat is inside the house While the government was shut down over the president’s wall, native-born white men proved, once again, to be America’s biggest...
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February 3, 2019 in 2,889 words
to set a mood • • • Russia Is Attacking the U.S. System From Within A new filing by Special Counsel Robert Mueller shows how Russia uses the federal courts to go after its adversaries Above: Vladimir...
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February 4, 2019 in 2,376 words
to set a mood • • • What 2,000 job cuts tell us: the free market kills digital journalism Big commercial online news providers are shedding staff in large numbers as social media firms swallow...
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