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How to Pronounce Oregon

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Dear People East of the Mississippi River, There are actual ways that one is supposed to pronounce western states. Nevada and Colorado have a long "a," not a short one. Far more enraging than that is the ridiculous ways that people in the east try to...

Comrade Hawley

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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) gestures toward a crowd of supporters of President Donald Trump gathered outside the U.S. Capitol to protest the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's electoral college victory.

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Music Notes

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Perhaps my all-time favorite album is Sonny Sharrock's 1991 masterpiece Ask the Ages. By far the best album of his career, it's literally the perfect jazz album, combining straight ahead melody with noisy experimentation and some of the best players in jazz history (Pharoah Sanders, Elvin...
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Looking back at the Goffman affair

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While looking into something else I was reminded recently of the Alice Goffman On the Run fiasco. Six years ago this spring, Steven Lubet raised a bunch of awkward questions about the book and Goffman's research methods, which among other things seemed to include copping to...
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