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(Policy of Truth) A World of Tears
Back in August, I posted a message here from a friend in the southern West Bank of an Israeli ultimatum to the inhabitants of his village to flee their village or be killed. Though the noose is slowly but surely tightening around their village, and within the West Bank itself, the threatened expulsion has yet…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Out of the past (in various forms)
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Crock and The Phantom, 10/21/24 One of my longest-running bits on this blog is pointing out strips where…
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(Our World in Data) Tracking foreign aid around the world
Who gives and receives foreign aid? Which forms does it take? What are examples of when it was (un-)successful?
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(QC RSS) Other Kinds Of Inheritance
and if she was a catgirl she’d be a necro-nepo-neko-baby
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(xkcd.com) Temperature Scales
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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(Policy of Truth) “False Alternatives in the Politics of Knowledge”
Just a quick announcement for anyone inclined to attend the APA Eastern Division meeting this year. The Molinari Society is organizing a session, care of Roderick Long, on “False Alternatives in the Politics of Knowledge.” The session is G3A, on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 4-5:50 pm (room TBA) with presentations by Cory Massimino (Center for…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Postcards from Abu Dis (2): Pedagogy Under Occupation by “False Alternatives in the Politics of Knowledge” | Policy of Truth
[…] and False Neutrality: Pedagogy Under Occupation,” a now unrecognizable version of this post from nine years […] LikeLike
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) High-falutin’ Sunday
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Hi and Lois, 10/20/24 It’s a bold choice to have Hi and Lois make direct eye contact with…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Niccolò’s Smile by Roderick T. Long
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Niccolò’s Smile by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. I was about to tell her that Machiavelli was one of the “unacknowledged legislators of the world,” but didn’t. I ended up telling her he was an “Italian writer,” and leaving it at that. She sa…
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