Monthly Archives: October 2015

Link blog

Posted on 2015 October 14 by anewc2

Republicans block veteran benefits

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The Steve and Carly Show

Posted on 2015 October 14 by anewc2

How Steve Jobs fleeced Carly Fiorina.

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Reframing Columbus Day

Posted on 2015 October 12 by anewc2

In cross-cultural moments like these, de Vaca and las Casas show us an American perspective and identity far more inspiring than that of Columbus. Such alternative figures and voices could bring together cultures in much the same way a reframed … Continue reading →

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The Hitler Gun Control Lie

Posted on 2015 October 11 by anewc2

http://www.salon.com/2013/01/11/stop_talking_about_hitler/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

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Ben Carson’s gun fantasy

Posted on 2015 October 11 by anewc2

A response from Richard Stallman to the idea that armed Jews could have “greatly diminished” the Holocaust.

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Phishing for Phools

Posted on 2015 October 10 by anewc2

Indeed, the idea that free markets work, and that government is the problem, “is itself a phish for phools,” a kind of story, one that does not capture reality.

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