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Forfeiting an Audience: Why I’m Against Legalizing the Green Stuff
by Bianca Ozeri This week I read New York magazine’s cover piece about the legalization of pot. I... Read more
The 08 December 2012 by Briennewalsh
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New York Post Features Photo of Man Just Before He is Killed by Subway Train
Newspaper (Photo credit: Wikipedia)The New York Post has featured a photo of a man just before he was killed by an oncoming train. The incident occurred when... Read more
The 05 December 2012 by Real Talk
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Ethnofilm: Lakota Dancers
This is a classic and rare 1894 film clip of Lakota dancers performing the Ghost Dance and Buffalo Dance. It was shot (a mere 4 years after the massacre at... Read more
The 04 December 2012 by Cris
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A Very Bad Version of the Egyptian Constitution and a Very Big Protest
Sit In at Tahrir. Credit: Al Masry Al Youm There is so much going on in Egypt it is next to impossible to keep track of it all. But wait, I have had this feelin... Read more
The 04 December 2012 by Warigia
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Waldorf Spiritualism & Literate Minds
Over at The Atlantic, Emily Chertoff asks whether the Waldorf schools are a “cult.” This kind of question immediately suggests an orthodoxy outside of which... Read more
The 01 December 2012 by Cris
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Egypt: Tahrir Revolts Against Massive Power Grab
Dear readers, I have been watching the unfolding events in the past days with some trepidation, but not that much surprise. Morsi has issued a sweeping decree o... Read more
The 29 November 2012 by Warigia
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Ethnohistoric Plagiarism (Wrong)
In a recent post I commented on the classic ethnohistory by George Bird Grinnell, The Cheyenne Indians: History and Society (Vol. 1, 1923) and The Cheyenne... Read more
The 27 November 2012 by Cris
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My Bloody Palestine - Ceasefire Or Invasion?
this situation is close to tipping point, i) a ceasefire will be announced and everything will be well or ii) Israel will crank up its air/land/sea offensive an... Read more
The 21 November 2012 by Freeplanet
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Greatly Mystified Rubio
During an interview with the future of the GOP, Senator Marco Rubio (who is already pandering campaigning in Iowa), GQ dropped this bomb question: “How old do... Read more
The 20 November 2012 by Cris
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Attitudes to Abortion in Korea
In August this year South Korea's constitutional court upheld a 59 year long ban on having abortions. South Korea banned abortion in 1953 with exceptions for... Read more
The 17 November 2012 by Smudger
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