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Wilde Temptation
The Oscar Wilde Temple at Studio Voltaire In London, Oct. 3. PHOTO: OSCAR WILDE TEMPLE“I can resist everything but temptation,” Wilde once quipped.--From
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‘Mastering the Market Cycle’ Review: The Dangers of Optimism
Burton G. Malkiel reviews “Mastering the Market Cycle” by Howard Marks, The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 8, 2018Just as prices fluctuate, so do attitudes toward risk. When prices are high, investors worry...
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Nikki Haley resigns as UN ambassador, stays mum on next move
foxnews.com[JB note: Below extract from entry worth reading in full as part of that recurring tale, "The American Story (myth?) of Reinvention."]image fromExcerpt:Her mother, Raj Randhawa, earned a...
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‘The Virtue of Nationalism’ and ‘The Nationalist Revival’ Review: Against the...
The Wall Street JournalTwo new books examine the recent global rise in nationalism—and consider the proper roleof the nation-state in today’s world. Jason Willick reviews “The Virtue of Nationalism” by...
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Is There a Doctorate in the House?
wsj.comSave the honorific for physicians, dentists and veterinarians.ByRondi AdamsonOct. 11, 2018 7:01 p.m. ET‘If you can’t write a prescription, you shouldn’t be called ‘Doctor.’ ” So said my late and...
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The NYT -- Media Space for I know who's in charge in the ME [me]?
image fromIn these troubled times in the land of the brave/barffers, I can't help but be struck by the NYT.Time for another NYT Friedman op-ed -- if you can stand it? (Whoever invented that term --...
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The Rich White Civil War - Note for a Discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?" What...
David Brooks, The New York TimesA smarter look at America’s divide.image from article, with note: Mark Peterson/ ReduxEvery few years one research group or another produces a typology of the...
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There May Soon Be Three Internets. America’s Won’t Necessarily Be the Best.
The Editorial Board, The New York Times A breakup of the web grants privacy, security and freedom to some, and not so much to others. Morozov image from[JB note: Am surprised that Evegeny Morozov -- a...
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Liberal Hypocrisy in College Admissions? Note for a Discussion, "E Pluribus...
Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times, Oct. 27, 2018; see alsoThe legacy system is affirmative action for the privileged.Image from article: A statue of John Harvard overlooks Harvard Yard, the oldest...
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The illusions about cyberdemocracy continue to be tumbling down ...
Nicholas Thompson and Ian Bremmer, "The AI Cold War That Threatens Us All,"Wired; original article contains links; see alsouncaptioned image from articleExcerpt:AFTER THE END of the Cold War,...
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Monaco: Beware of the Invasion of the Billionaire Baby Boomers (BBBs) -- They...
investopedia.comAmy Fontinelle, "Looking to Retire in Monaco? Here's How,"investopedia.com, October 28, 2018 — 10:47 PM EDT; original article contains linksimage (not from entry) fromIf you’re well off...
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Technology: The Bloody Consequences of the Electric Scooter Revolution
Olivia Carville, Bloomberg, October 30, 2018, 5:00 AM EDT; via AK; original article contains links and a videoHundreds of patients injured in scooter accidents across U.S.Bird and Lime slapped with...
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Birth tourism brings Russian baby boom to Miami
nbcnews.comJan. 9, 2018 / 5:49 PM EST / Updated Jan. 10, 2018 / 10:38 AM ESTBy Cynthia McFadden, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Tracy Connor and Anna SchecterMIAMI — Lured by the charm of little Havana or the...
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lycanthropy - Word of the day [Happy Halloween!]
WORD OF THE DAYOctober 31, 2018lycanthropy noun | lye-KAN-thruh-pee Definition1 :a delusion that one has become a wolf2 :the assumption of the form and characteristics of a wolf held to be possible by...
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The Conversation: Trump Can’t Unite Us. Can Anyone? - Note for a Discussion,...
Frank Bruni and Ross Douthat, "After far-right terrorist attacks, the president sticks to what he does best: polarize," The New York Times, Oct. 30, 2018Image from article: President Trump at an event...
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[Americana's Way to Go?] Death at Yosemite: Travel-blogging couple perish in...
washingtonpost.comBy Allyson ChiuOctober 31 at 7:29 AMShe was a “mermaid-haired wanderess” and self-described “adrenaline-junkie.” He was an avid photographer known for his “phantasmagoric” skills and...
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A Russian Dream in Washington: The Hillwood Museum
eng.1september.ru; a corny piece posted years ago, thanks to SPL; perhaps indirectly pertinent to the abandonment, expressed by the Trump administration, of the INF treaty.A Russian Dream in...
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The madness of college basketball goes well beyond March
washingtonpost.comBy George F. WillColumnistNovember 2 at 5:01 PMUntil last week it seemed that the Division I college basketball industry could produce nothing more risible than its pieties about...
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Don't Mess with Messalina ...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchFor other uses, see Messalina (disambiguation).Valeria MessalinaEmpress consort of the Roman EmpireTenure24 January 41 – 48Born25...
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At Trump Rallies, Women See a Hero Protecting a Way of Life
Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Katie Rogers, The New York TimesRachell Marks, 59, who works in car sales in Billings, Mont., said she would continue to support Mr. Trump because she believed he told the...
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