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Author: Paul Campos

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Scripted reality

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On May 20, 2019
E 352697 015 Usa Professional Wrestler: Hulk Hogan And Andre The Giant With Donald Trump. (Photo By Russell Turiak/Getty Images) Throwing out some thoughts for discussion: (1) In American culture over the past 20 years, media in general, and television in particular, have increasingly blurred...
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Nightbird

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On May 16, 2019
In a world of pain and hatred, you walk into a nightclub on a cold winter night, and, as you're sitting down, an anonymous, unremarkable-appearing woman takes the stage. Then this happens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-X1g-aEeNc Interviewer: Your songs have been recorded by many artists, so which are...
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Lara Bazelon makes a bunch of terrible arguments in this piece on Harvard's decision not to renew the appointments of law professor Ronald Sullivan and his wife, lecturer Stephanie Robinson, as faculty deans of Winthrop House, an undergraduate residence: Harvard’s decision came on the heels...

Killer cars

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On May 13, 2019

The discussion below about self-driving cars inspired me to look at some historical stats on auto fatalities in the USA. Some general points: (1) At the dawn of the era.

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Trump: Symptom or disease?

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On May 10, 2019
Greg Sargent argues that the correct answer is "both," and that Elizabeth Warren is the Democratic presidential candidate who has the best grasp on this dynamic: Is President Trump an aberration whose defeat in 2020 would allow the nation to begin rebounding toward normalcy? Or...
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