October 2011
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“The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise...”
– Theodore Rubin
September 2011
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Birthday kid gets to pick. What do they choose?
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“To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men,...”
– Leo Tolstoy
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Who states the story’s problem? How do they do it?
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What was the biggest insult a sibling could hurl at you when you were a kid?
Science Deniers: Hand Over Your Cellphones!
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“From creationists who deny the veracity of evolution to climate deniers who hold global warming is a hoax, there is vocal minority out there who see scientific activity as buffet of ideas. They believe they are free to choose which parts of scientific endeavor to believe and which parts to reject. But, in truth, their actions belie their words. Living in a culture saturated with science,...
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“I could never tell where inspiration begins and impulse leaves off. I suppose...”
– Beryl Markham
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Ketchup, mustard, and balsamic vinegar are …
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The Unexamined Society →
[…] We have two traditional understandings of poverty. The first presumes people are rational. They are pursuing their goals effectively and don’t need much help in changing their behavior. The second presumes that the poor are afflicted by cultural or psychological dysfunctions that sometimes lead them to behave in shortsighted ways. Neither of these theories has produced much in the way of...
“The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.”
– Anthony Burgess
