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Royal Photographic Society exhibition winners
via Royal Photographic Society exhibition winners Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether. Continue reading
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Even Superheroes Have Humble Beginnings
This are is helping people remember how even our superheroes can come from the humblest beginnings and most tragic origins… Every story has a beginning. Our past shapes who we are and influences who we become. It’s true whether you’re… Continue reading
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Hunger Games, U.S.A. | Paul Krugman
…So House Republicans voted to maintain farm subsidies — at a higher level than either the Senate or the White House proposed — while completely eliminating food stamps from the bill. To fully appreciate what just went down, listen to… Continue reading
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The Allegory of the Cave
The Allegory of the Cave, also commonly known as Myth of the Cave, Metaphor of the Cave, The Cave Analogy, or the Parable of the Cave, is an allegory used by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work The Republic… Continue reading
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Why Hollywood Should Keep Destroying Cities – Sam Adams
In an essay posted Friday at The Dissolve, Tasha Robinson used Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim to counter the objections several critics have raised about the wanton destruction of this summer’s blockbusters: city blocks flattened, heads crushed, all without a drop of… Continue reading
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The Return of Larry Summers?
Summers was a key actor in the Clinton economic team that pushed for bigger and less regulated banks. He was there for the repeal of Glass-Steagall. He was also among those hectoring Brooksley Born, when the then head of the… Continue reading
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Two Old Men Disputing – Rembrandt
Related articles Power of Art: Rembrandt (keithwaynebrown.com) Who was Rembrandt van Rijn? (thenewstribe.com) Rembrandt show for National Gallery (bbc.co.uk) Rembrandt portrait study (erikvanelven.blogspot.com) Rembrandt van Rijn’s 407th Birthday Google Doodle (doodlecollect.wordpress.com) Continue reading
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Asoka – Tagore
I was looking for the artwork of Rabindranath Tagore and ran across the work of this earlier Indian artist, Abanindranath Tagore (1871 – 1951). Continue reading
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