Judith Stout
Univ of Iowa grad, married, seeking new thought patterns in changing world.Read Philosophy, Hist, Politics. Interested in everything
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Einstein's handwritten formula for happiness just sold for 1.3 million | CBC Life
Genius tip for a happy life was literally a tip.
A Jury of One’s Peers
Prosecutors use a system of “strikes” to engineer nearly all-white juries. Eliminating this system would not only make juries less racist, but also bring us closer to the original intent of the jury system.
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A Jury of One’s Peers
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College Behind Bars
One man’s struggle to earn a degree while incarcerated shows how far tough-on-crime policies go to prevent prisoners from having a second chance.
Free Speech, Incorporated
A new, neoliberal interpretation of the First Amendment is undermining the regulatory state—and every labeling and advertising law is now in the crosshairs.
What Happened to Paul Auster? A Decade Ago, He Was a Nobel Candidate.
Did he change, or did we?
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What Happened to Paul Auster? A Decade Ago, He Was a Nobel Candidate. vulture.com/2017/01/what-h… via @vulture
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The Extraordinary Danger of Being Pregnant and Uninsured in Texas
Over three years, nearly 400 pregnant or new mothers died in Texas. Its system for helping the uninsured thwarts women at every turn, frustrates doctors and midwives, and incentivizes substandard care.
Our Brains Are No Match for Our Technology
We must realign our digital platforms with the values that make us human.
Obituary | GA Cohen | political philosopher
Obituary: Political philosopher who produced a revolutionary reinterpretation of Marxist theory
Re-examining the Homestead Act, a Favorite But Flawed National Myth
Our idealized history of homesteading clouds our judgment on current problems and allows enduring injustices to be rationalized.
The sole airline willing to fly "high-risk" deportations is price-gouging ICE
Many charter carriers refuse to work with ICE, which means those that do can charge whatever they want.
Trump Has Now Shifted $1.7 Million From Campaign Donors To His Private Business
The biggest beneficiary has been Trump Tower Commercial LLC, which controls the president’s famed Manhattan skyscraper.
From Left Bank to left behind: where have the great French thinkers gone?
From Voltaire and Rousseau to Sartre and De Beauvoir, France has long produced world-leading thinkers. It even invented the word ‘intellectual’. But progressives around the globe no longer look to Paris for their ideas. What went wrong?
How French cognac was imbued with Irish spirit
French brands Hennessy and Delamain are descended from the Irish, while some new Irish whiskeys owe a lot to France
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How French cognac was imbued with Irish spirit irishtimes.com/life-and-style… via @IrishTimesLife
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Turley: Home, office 'inundated with threatening messages' since impeachment testimony
Law professor Jonathan Turley says "his home and office were inundated with threatening messages" on Thursday for his testimony as a witness for House Republicans in this week’s impeachment proceedings on Capitol Hill.
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Turley: Home, office 'inundated with threatening messages' since impeachment testimony
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Rep. Duncan Hunter To Resign From Congress 'After The Holidays'
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), who this week pleaded guilty to campaign finance charges, said Friday that he will resign from...
Breaking France’s Race Taboo
A new generation of activists is trying to change the way France conceives of race.
Why Racists (and Liberals!) Keep Writing for Quillette
The online magazine of the “intellectual dark web” is repackaging discredited race science.