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Supremely Smug Plutocrats vs. the Supreme Pontiff
My claim: The wealthiest Plutocrats within the 1% use religion and its morality to support their estate as the most powerful. Toward that end, such men and women will often weigh in on issues that they do not care so… Continue reading
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Distractions and Slippery Slopes in US Healthcare
Everyone in the United States who is healthy could at any moment, due to an accident or an unknown genetic predisposition, find her/himself in need of medical care. The whole point for some kind of medical insurance rests on not… Continue reading
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The New Rules of Public Art
Originally posted on Public Art Now: Demand new rules for public art now! An organisation born in Bristol, UK, Situations reimagines what public art can be and where and when it can take place. We like to think and reflect… Continue reading
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George Zimmerman’s Art Sells for Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
Originally posted on Critique Collective: Another wild story about George Zimmerman is surfacing. Back in July, Zimmerman was acquitted on a charge of second-degree murder and manslaughter for shooting and killing Trayvon Martin. So, what could be the new controversy… Continue reading
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Spirit of Steller’s Sea Eagles of Hokkaido
Originally posted on Global Sojourns: Photography & Philosophy: At some time or another, I think everyone has wondered what it would be like to fly…to soar above our world and look down upon the chaos below with detachment. Our natural… Continue reading
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I Am Not My Job: Why I Left New York City
It was Patti Smith who said, in a talk at Cooper Union in 2010, that “New York has closed itself off to the young and the struggling.” Smith wrote in her memoir, Just Kids, about coming to New York as… Continue reading
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2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 31,000 times in 2013. If it were a… Continue reading
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One of the World’s Most Powerful Financiers Worried About Damages of Wealth Gap
…Bill Gross, the most powerful bond manager of his generation and co-head of a $2 trillion investment management firm… rankled a few of his peers and clients in the fall when he joined a growing chorus that is raising caution… Continue reading
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Your brain on BEER vs. COFFEE – I Love Coffee
Your brain on BEER vs. COFFEE – I Love Coffee. Your brain on BEER vs. COFFEE – I Love Coffee. Continue reading
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The Mariachi Mass
It’s a musical tradition found in Mexican-American enclaves mostly in southwestern U.S. cities. The mariachi Mass brings an ensemble of garishly dressed folk musicians — with their guitars, trumpets and violins — right down to the front of the church,… Continue reading
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International: Ripe for rebellion? | The Economist
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a sister company of The Economist, measures the risk of social unrest in 150 countries around the world. It places a heavy emphasis on institutional and political weaknesses. And recent developments have indeed revealed a… Continue reading











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