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It's Quiet. Yeah, Too Somnolent.
I’m hoping that Amazon doesn’t actually put this into action: Method and apparatus for programmatically substituting synonyms into distributed text content. A synonym substitution mechanis… more →
The Edge of the American West
Chomp.
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dana wrote 1 month ago: So, about half a month ago, when I started writing this post, Yglesias argued that the way celebrity … more →
It's Quiet. Yeah, Too Somnolent.
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silbey wrote 1 month ago: I’m hoping that Amazon doesn’t actually put this into action: Method and apparatus for p … more →
Why Olympia Snowe Can Do What She Wants, Pretty Much
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silbey wrote 2 months ago: Because she’s just basically popular in Maine: Fascinating numbers for Olympia Snowe. Her appr … more →
Wingnut Detonation in 3...2...1...
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silbey wrote 2 months ago: Really, I’m enjoying this for all the wrong reasons: In a stunning surprise, the Nobel Committ … more →
Who still cares for the American Civil War?
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Vance wrote 2 months ago: I like Mary Beard’s TLS blog. But this time I fear she has Gone Too Far. Or, perhaps more like … more →
Sunday morning Alice Neel
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Vance wrote 3 months ago: As relief from the grim tone of the page, with no pictures or conversations, here are some links to … more →
Department of Over-Broad Generalizations
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Vance wrote 4 months ago: Dwight Garner reviews Christopher Caldwell’s Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigrat … more →
With all the rights and responsibilities thereto.
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dana wrote 6 months ago: As I am not a scholar of the law, I do not have much to add to the conversation concerning Sonia Sot … more →
EXEUNT ALL. Including HERO AGENT.
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dana wrote 7 months ago: I haven’t posted at all regarding the torture memos because I’ve been far too angry to w … more →
George Will: Still Crazy
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silbey wrote 8 months ago: The threat? The “denimization of America“: Do not blame Levi Strauss for the misuse of L … more →
Briefly noted
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Vance wrote 8 months ago: America is too exceptional; and American soldiers are people too. Updated: here’s Obama’ … more →
This is your brain on caffeine.
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dana wrote 8 months ago: I remember as a teenager feeling completely betrayed when I realized that the Just Say No Just-So St … more →
Notes from London
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silbey wrote 9 months ago: Finishing up a research trip to the archives in London, I have a number of notes. When you are walki … more →
Mini thought 2/11/09
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thefallenwind wrote 10 months ago: Mini Thought: Thoughts that are not fully believed in by myself but provide a good base for further, … more →
Note to humanity: back up your data.
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dana wrote 10 months ago: Move over, Newton and Leibniz. Archimedes may have beat you by 2,000 years: Two of the texts hiding … more →
Candidates should be no more than 15 inches high at the withers.
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dana wrote 11 months ago: My first thought was that this proposal is beyond bizarre. My second thought is it’s beyond b … more →
diamond-ringed finger
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Vance wrote 11 months ago: Via the Modesto Kid, William Zantzinger has died. … more →
Change your own diapers.
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dana wrote 11 months ago: It’s conventional wisdom that when the economy is bad, college enrollments are up. Yglesias r … more →
Sisyphus for the modern age, or,
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dana wrote 1 year ago: … good luck to all of you on the various academic job markets this year. This sums it up nice … more →
