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Gustave Moreau, Herakles and the Hydra
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William Saletan wrote what may be the single stupidest column in the history of American electoral coverage, which has a long and lamentable history, over at Slate, on the subject of this complete nitwit Paul Ryan. Paul Krugman, Nobel-winning economist, has a suitably harsh rebuttal over at the NYT on his blog, which is rapidly…
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To be fair, I always wondered what it would be like to live in East Germany.
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Piff, the Magic Dragon on Penn & Teller. Very funny magician, pretty great trick; if you don’t want to know how they did it, skip the bit from 6:40 to 7:00. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
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David Rakoff wasn’t merely a talented essayist, he was a sweet, funny, astonishingly pleasant guy and I’m sorry he’s dead, though it comes as no surprise to anyone, least of all him. If you haven’t yet read Don’t Get Too Comfortable or Half Empty, I envy you those first readings. I interviewed him once. He made an…
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Solid as Iraq.
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I really wish we could do something about this. July is the hottest month on record
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Look at the worldly and at the whole world that exalts itself above the people of God; are the image of God and his truth not distorted in it? They have science, and in science only that which is subject to the senses. But the spiritual world, the higher half of man’s being, is altogether…
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Please explain your rationale for the rainbow.
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Not poor Marvin Hamlisch necessarily, but poor me, and poor you, because Marvin Hamlisch is dead. This will cheer you up, though. RIP Marvin Hamlisch
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