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We now live in a country in which the bottom 40... →

Sam Harris, A New Year’s Resolution for the Rich, for the Huffington Post, December 2010. Watch also, Sam Harris, Can Science Determine Human Values?, A lecture at Berkeley Arts and Letters, November 2010.

Dec 30th

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Dec 30th

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At the peak, there were about 25 labs worldwide... →

A. G. Sulzberger, For Kodachrome Fans, Road Ends at Photo Lab in Kansas, for the New York Times, December 2010. “The best slide and movie film in history is now officially retired. Kodachrome: 1935-2010.” See also, NPR, Goodbye (Again) To The Last Rolls Of Kodachrome Film.

Dec 30th

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Dec 30th

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Dec 30th

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Vanity 6, Nasty Girl, 1982. In 1981, Prince...

Dec 30th

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Dec 29th

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Dec 29th

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Dec 29th

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Bessie Smith, I’m Wild About That Thing,...

Dec 29th

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Dec 29th

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Dec 25th

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Dec 24th

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Dec 22nd

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Dec 22nd

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Dec 20th

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Trailer for PINA - Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost, a film for Pina Bausch, 2010, directed by Wim Wenders. This will give you goose bumps. More info. You will also recognize the late dance choreographer Pina Bausch from Pedro Almodóvar’s Hable Con Ella.

Dec 19th

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Let's recap: Who hates the Volcker rule the most?... →

Andrew Leonard, This is how the GOP Congress will regulate Wall Street? “My view is that Washington and the regulators are there to serve the banks”, for Salon, December 2010. Mr. Leonard is a sharp voice I recently came across, find him on Twitter. See also, The Volcker Rule: The proposal specifically prohibits a bank or institution that owns a bank from engaging in proprietary...

Dec 18th

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Dec 17th

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Dec 17th

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Dec 17th

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But for all the tens of thousands of women who... →

Naomi Wolf, J’Accuse: Sweden, Britain, and Interpol Insult Rape Victims Worldwide, for The Huffington Post, December 2010. Via. Via.

Dec 15th

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Dec 14th

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Dec 14th

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B.I.G. E.G.O., 2010, directed by David Parker for Wise Blood. Birds, Daphne Guinness, Kanye isn’t too far away.

Dec 13th

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In 2005, the State Department argued that Pope... →

Rachel Donadio, Leaked Cables Show Vatican Tensions and Diplomacy With U.S., for the New York Times, December 2010. See also, (…) The Vatican is not actually a state in international law. And, Opus Dei.

Dec 11th

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