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The current controversies involving Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Darren Wilson, Al Sharpton, and the like cry out for another novel by Tom Wolfe.</div>
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Jim was a great actor, a wonderful human being, a superior poker player – and a gentle and caring person. His death comes as a great shock.</div>
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Sanction for Crimea referendum: President Obama canceled President Putin's invitation to the White House Easter egg hunt.<br />
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A grand deception about the nerve gas attack in Syria? Seymour Hersh plainly enjoys going against the grain, but he cannot be written off as a nothing more than a crank. See Seymour M. Hersh, <a href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/2013/12/08/seymour-m-hersh/whose-sarin">Whose sarin?</a> LRB (December 8, 2013).</div>
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The reduction in the number of games in a world chess championship match from 24 or so to 12 is a terrible idea. As <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/23/crosswords/chess/norwegian-22-takes-world-chess-title.html?hp%EF%BB%BF">this match illustrated</a>, the ultimate victor now need only win one or two games and then play for draws.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Seth Borensteinh, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/?hl=en&tab=jj">Arctic sea ice 6th lowest, but rebounds from 2012</a> Bloomberg Businessweek News (September 20, 2013):<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">
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"That level is about 24 percent below the 20th Century average, but 50 percent above last year when a dramatic melt shattered records that go back to 1979."</div>
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"Much attention is paid to melting sea ice in the Arctic. But less clear is the situation on the other side of the planet. Despite warmer air and oceans, there’s more sea ice in Antarctica now than in the 1970s – a fact often pounced on by global warming skeptics. The latest numbers suggest the Antarctic sea ice may be heading toward a <a href="http://www.livescience.com/39720-antarctica-ice-record-highs-2013.html">record high</a> this year.</div>
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"While changes in weather may play a big role in short-term changes in sea ice seen in the past couple of months, changes in winds have apparently led to the more general upward sea ice trend during the past few decades, according to University of Washington research. A new modeling study to be published in the <a href="http://journals.ametsoc.org/loi/clim">Journal of Climate</a> shows that stronger polar winds lead to an increase in Antarctic sea ice, even in a warming climate."</div>
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"If the political culture is missing, a Weimar-type constitution will not guarantee real self-rule or stability. Cultivating a truly democratic culture takes time. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan left us this axiom: “The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.</div>
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"But this liberal dream has met more defeats than victories. Russia seemed to opt for democracy in the 1990s, but when Vladimir Putin altered the rules, most voters went along. Even in the United States, democracy remains a work-in-progress. To make it a major policy goal in countries with vastly different cultures is a chimera."</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03081983465036974432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275865213050455460.post-46052246777128284252013-09-11T06:38:00.003-04:002013-09-11T06:38:29.173-04:00Official Indifference to Christians in Syria<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">O my gosh, is he really going to drag us into a real (big, long) war? </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03081983465036974432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275865213050455460.post-12496147312686221472013-08-29T21:50:00.000-04:002013-08-29T21:50:23.683-04:00Aging Together: A New Way to Avoid Late-Life Loneliness<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Barbara Hardinghaus, <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/pensioners-find-happiness-by-moving-into-shared-apartment-a-915146.html">Aging Together:</a><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/pensioners-find-happiness-by-moving-into-shared-apartment-a-915146.html"> </a><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/pensioners-find-happiness-by-moving-into-shared-apartment-a-915146.html">A New Way to Avoid Late-Life Loneliness</a> Spiegel Online (August 29, 2013)</span><div>
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