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Paul Greenberg: Dreamwork

townhall.com     yesterday          

Sometimes they form on their own, the sentences do. "Civilization and Its Discontents" - that's what Sigmund Freud called his book. Few of civilization's discontents can have been as civilized, even stodgy, as Dr. Freud. Who...                

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Arresting Karadzic: Mark of Cain

nysun.com     Jul 24, 2008          

This week's news of the arrest of Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb leader who is accused of the genocide of many thousands of Bosnian Muslims, prompted me to reflect on the baleful presence in history of what the philosopher...                

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Death and the dark lady

newstatesman.com     Jul 24, 2008          

Swimming in a Sea of Death: a Son's MemoirDavid RieffGranta Books, 192pp, £12.99We know how in 2004 Susan Sontag died (acute myeloid leukaemia), but how did she live? This is a real mystery. Her family was not wealthy. She held...                

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Improvising to the sound of slamming door

zawya.com     Jul 24, 2008   1 related          

BEIRUT: Jazz may not be the first genre that comes to mind when eavesdropping on Beirut's music scene. He and Chapman, a Briton who by day can be found teaching music at the American Community School, are the band's founders...                

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Talking to Author Selden Edwards

playboy.com     Jul 23, 2008   1 related          

In the August issue, I had the pleasure of reviewing The Little Book, a strange, time-and-mind-bending novel about an aging American rock star waking up in Vienna at the end of the 19th century. It’s the perfect summer read, a...                

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Converse?

discussbodybuilding.com     Jul 23, 2008          

"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." - Attributed to General George Patton "A girl phoned me the other day and said... Come on over, there's...                

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CFP: Phobia: Constructing the Phenomenology of Chronic Fear, 1789 to the Present

hu-berlin.de     Jul 24, 2008          

Informationen zu diesem Beitrag Glamorgan Research Centre for Literature, Arts and Science The ATRiuM Campus, Cardiff University of Glamorgan Pontypridd CF37 1DL UK, Cardiff Phobia: Constructing the Phenomenology of Chronic...                

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I hear 'reason', I see lies

pheedo.com     Jul 23, 2008          

Read about all the problems with reason in our special issue STRATEGIC use of science, or the appearance of science, is a well-used part of the armoury of the public relations industry. It is effective - it delayed action on...                

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The Outsider's Road Within

indybay.org     Jul 22, 2008          

When Obama speaks (especially in his post-primary incarnation) one hears a profound nationalism. He has spoken in the past of an American history that many of us know has never actually existed. It has forced him to denounce a...                

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Time anthology reaffirms the printed word

thehour.com     Jul 22, 2008          

BY TED ANTHONY Associated Press "85 Years of Great Writing in Time" (Time Books, 560 pages, $26.95). Those of us who traffic in words for a living feel somewhat under siege these days, like a Donkey Kong machine sitting...                

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