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Some thoughts on this piece. First, the idea that because Chang has been open (almost boastfully so) about his abusive behavior does not in any way excuse it or make
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He all but said he did this and then explained in detail why he did it in a series of nationally televised press conferences, I don't get how this has
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1982: The Reagan Administration denied a massacre had occurred at El Mozote.They blamed the story on communist propaganda.The "propaganda" turned out to be true.Investigators eventually found that some 1,000 men,
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Nobody calls Newt Gingrich "doctor" and he was a college professor with a history Ph.D.https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/1338184883785641986 Jill Biden has the same degree as Bill Cosby. Ron Paul is often not referred
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More proof of airborne transmission - the case of the Diamond Princess cruise ship"A computer model of the cruise-ship outbreak found that the virus spread most readily in microscopic droplets
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When classes resume in January, colleges should start offering financial rewards to students to stay Covid-negative. My column in the NYT.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/business/rewards-college-students-coronavirus.html Many colleges al
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Got an email from @nytimes, and I'm reminded that the problem w. elite coverage of US political life is systemic, not bad individual actors.@llerer is ot a bad reporter. But
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JUST POSTED: The Trump administration is rushing to approve a final wave of large-scale mining and energy projects on federal lands, encouraged by investors who want to try to ensure
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We will likely need more than the restrictions on capital suggested by Zuboff to address the important issues she raises. It's very difficult to imagine in the US context, but
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A Federal Judge has stated that @ICEgov must release children inside of all three family detention centers. The ruling is NOT an excuse to release children and keep parents detained.
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239 Experts alert the World Health Organization: The Coronavirus Is Airbornehttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/health/239-experts-with-1-big-claim-the-coronavirus-is-airborne.html?smid=tw-share The World Health Organization has long held th
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I find this news of this backlash unsurprising. There's a really big difference between airing different viewpoints and giving a platform to someone with a known history of bigotry and
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I took a deeper look at the Biden WH not restoring the ABA's traditional role of pre-nomination vetting and de facto vetoing of potential judges, which the WP scooped the
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The pandemic should have alerted us to the fact we may be blind to potentially catastrophic risks that can be foreseen and prevented. So where are the determined efforts to
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Lately things have been extremely busy, and I have holding on to a bunch of big news related to jihadism and extremism in the region. I’ll be posting a couple
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In today’s NYT, @claudiasahm argues for an expanded use of automatic stabilizers as part of any new fiscal package. There seems to be consensus building with @JanetYellen, @BrianDeeseNEC and even
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