WRM writes of the gap between a highly competent citizenry and the mediocrity of the Establishment. There’s great talent of some in power, but of the broader Establishment, there’s never been a more disgraceful lack of ability. This is true of both political parties’ supporters, and is true, also, of imitative statewide elites in many…
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The Policy of Perpetual War
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Over at the Atlantic, there’s a fine, yet troubling. essay about America’s war policy, entitled, How Perpetual War Became U.S. Ideology. James Joyner writes that The United States has found itself in a seemingly endless series of wars over the past two decades. Despite frequent opposition by the party not controlling the presidency and often…
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Who Wrote Shakespeare’s Plays? Shakespeare
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Like the old riddle about who’s buried in Grant’s Tomb, my question about Shakespeare is a joke. Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare’s plays. There have been some who’ve doubted that he wrote so well, but I am not among them. Of the doubters, some have been accomplished, themselves (including Mark Twain, of all people). Yet, most who…
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How to Tap a Keg and Master a Perfect Pour
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Daily Bread for 4.8.11
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Good morning. It’s a day of mild temperatures but showers ahead for Whitewater, with a high of fifty-five. In our schools, it’s Caps for a Cure Day for Lakeview School. At 6 p.m., the Whitewater Elementary Orchestra will hold a concert at the university, in the Light Recital Hall, part of the Greenhill Center for…
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Wired Reviews Office Toys
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Last WWI doughboy dies at 110 in West Virginia
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On Wisconsin: In Fort Atkinson, an old library is made new again
by JOHN ADAMS •
Done with mostly private funds: This city of 12,190 along the Rock River in southern Jefferson County is accustomed to doing things on its own. And the impressive library project was no exception. The city paid for $2.5 million of the work but the remaining $3 million came from the private sector, including $1.5 million…
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Audi Super Bowl Commercial 2011 – ‘Release the Hounds’
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Art Project (powered by Google)
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Google Art Project — “Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.” Advanced technology in the service of art: Art Project powered by Google. Visitor Guide Art Project — Behind the Scenes
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The Bold Cure for Respiratory Infection
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A community experiences an outbreak of a respiratory disease, of unknown kind. The condition seems similar to ones that the community’s faced before, year after year. The town fathers meet, to decide what to do. Some suggest over-the-counter medicines, others encourage the ill to drink lots of fluids, and still others suggest doctor’s visits. Only…
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So What Happened to the Anti-War Movement?
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Here’s the text accompanying the video: Even as President Obama maintains close to 50,000 troops in Iraq and continues to escalate and expand the war in Afghanistan, the antiwar movement in America continues to shrink (PDF). So, what happened? Reason.tv visited two antiwar protests—one left-leaning, one libertarian—in an attempt to answer that question. Author and…