Month: May 2022
May 15, 2022
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The Story of the Three Bears by Samuel Jay Keyser – Berfrois
“Edvard Munch, The Fairy-Tale Forest , 1927 by Samuel Jay Keyser In 1837 Robert Southey (1774-1843), a British poet and a member of the so-called Lake District…”
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“[A little housekeeping before we get to the main event. This week is the paperback release of Extra Life , my book on the doubling of global life expectancy…”
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Why This Fund Manager Paid $15 Million for a Painting Estimated at $200,000
“The Houston-based hedge fund manager Bill Perkins walked into Christie’s on Thursday night, May 12, planning to spend $2 million. An hour or so later, he left…”
May 7, 2022
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Has Arcade Fire Changed, or Have We?
“Arcade Fire performs in London on April 29. Simone Joyner/Getty Images A host of contemporary psychologists, philosophers, and scientists have argued…”
May 4, 2022
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“Photo courtesy of The Illuminator I was chatting with a friend last night about the imminent demise of legal abortion, and she used a word I think is exactly…”
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The Scourge of Sentimentality Politics
“For 50 years, conservatives have worked tirelessly towards the repeal of Roe v. Wade. While calling for “strict constructivism,” “judicial restraint,” and…”
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The Institutionalist’s Dilemma
“Harris & Ewing, photographer. Supreme Court guard. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress,
Sometimes when I am…”
May 3, 2022
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Conservatives don’t want true democracy, and ‘nice’ Republicans are no exception | Thomas Zimmer
“I t is often said that the US is the world’s oldest democracy . While that is not necessarily incorrect, depending on the definition of “democracy,” it tends to…”
May 1, 2022
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Genetics goes to the dogs, finds there’s not much to breed behavior
“What we know vs. what we believe One of the caveats here may be that people who own pure-breed dogs may have expectations regarding their behavior and interpret…”