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Oregon Lawmakers Pioneer Tuition-Free 'Pay it Forward, Pay it Back' College Plan
SUSANNA KIM July 5, 2013The Oregon state legislature unanimously approved a plan to provide free tuition to students while they attend community college and public university. In return, they'll pay...
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Thomas Merton: Adolf Eichmann, Sanity and Normality
A Devout Meditation in Memory of Adolf EichmannAdolf Eichmann (1906-1962) was head of the "Department for Jewish Affairs" in the Gestapo from 1941 to 1945 and was chief of operations in the deportation...
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Obamacare: Health Insurance And Healthcare As Easy To Manage As Facebook
By Ezra Klein, Published: July 26, 2013E-mail the writerExcerpt: "Sign into your Oscar insurance account online, and you’ll see a few carefully chosen options on a page that’s otherwise white and...
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Red State Moocher Links
Previous posts concerning Red State parasitism:"Red State Moochers" by Paul Krugman: http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/09/red-state-moochers-paul-krugman.html"Red State Rip-Off" by Ezra Klein:...
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Great Jimmy Cagney, Bob Hope Dance Routine
3:34Great Dance Routine: James Cagney and Bob Hopehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOoNOs8Ql28by abfabjurisprudence 5 years ago 2,796,611 viewsMovie: The Seven Little Foys (1955) Bob Hope plays the role...
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Bertrand Russell On Belief
"Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones."
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The Toyota Prius Is The Best-Selling Car In California
In 2012 the Toyota Prius surpassed the Honda Civic as the best-selling car in California.
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Use Of Mobile Devices Has Tripled Since 2009
U.S. smartphone users spend an average of 127 a day using mobile apps.Time for digital detoxification?http://www.wunc.org/post/digital-detox-wired-technology
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Digital Detoxification
By DICK GORDONAt 23, Levi Felix was the vice president of a startup in California, making a good salary, but he was working around the clock, not eating well, and sleeping with his cell phone under his...
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Drinking Lots Of Water Is Really Good For You. Here's why...
Dear J,Did you see the following passage in "The Week?""People who drink eight to twelve glasses of water a day burn more calories than those who drink four. And adding hot sauce or spicy mustard to...
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I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, “Where’s the self-help...
... She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. Steven Wright
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Opening Line of a Letter: "If I had more time, I would have made this shorter."
Alan: "Quote Investigator" is a splendid website. http://quoteinvestigator.com/***If I Had More Time, I Would Have Written a Shorter LetterBlaise Pascal? John Locke? Benjamin Franklin? Henry David...
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"When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It"
Posted on July 25, 2013Yogi Berra? Apocryphal?Dear Quote Investigator: Yogi Berra was a brilliant baseball player and manager. He is also famous for his comically wise sayings which are known as...
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"Besides the noble art of getting things done...
... there is a nobler art of leaving them undone."Lin Yutanghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Yutang
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"This is how you do nothing in a civilized way."
Riserva Naturale dello Zingaro, Sicilyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riserva_naturale_dello_Zingaro***Great Italian BeachesPhoto: Emiliano GranadoT+L GUIDE: LIGURIAGetting ThereGenoa, about a 1 1/2-hour...
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Cal, Berkeley Research: "Money Makes People Stingy"
Research: Money Makes People StingyAuthor: Jessica RuvinskyStanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2011http://csi.gsb.stanford.edu/research-money-makes-people-stingyThe more you have, the less you...
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Bring Back The Stocks! Bring Back Tar And Feathers!
Personal transgressions do not deserve public humiliation. Public transgressions do. For people who abuse the public trust, bring back the stocks - new and improved!...
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"Misery" and "Miser" come from the same Latin root
misery (n.) late 14c., "condition of external unhappiness," from Old French misere "miserable situation, misfortune, distress" (12c.), from Latin miseria "wretchedness," from miser (see miser). Meaning...
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The U.S. is less concerned about climate change than any other part of the world
Only 40% of Americans view climate change as a major threat compared with 54% of people around the world. Pew Research
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"Do your patriotic duty: Ask for a raise"
Austerity:Always administered by guys in shirts and ties.***Alan: In hard times, Americans revert to Puritanism, clamoring for strict austerity as if a good dose of self-punishment will purge presumed...
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