4 October 2011
by andrew
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[Note: I started writing this as a comment on this post on “Bookworm and Library Search” over at Benjamin Schmidt’s Sapping Attention, but Blogger wouldn’t let me post it, probably for length reasons. Since my comment turned out to be mostly a … Continue reading
10 January 2010
by andrew
Comments Off on the social construction of reality
This is more interesting as social phenomenon than as a sports clip. At least that’s what I’m telling myself. J.R. Smith is taking a lot of (deserved) criticism for walking out of bounds with the ball as if the shot … Continue reading
29 January 2009
by andrew
Comments Off on following leaders
0.2: Fifty-five Bostonians, including the president of Harvard, A. Lawrence Lowell, signed a petition accusing Brandeis of lacking the “judicial temperament.” It was the kind of campaign that could get people muttering that if those guys didn’t like Brandeis, maybe … Continue reading
21 November 2008
by andrew
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It seems that Obama has been reading Lincoln; this is encouraging. Some of Obama’s reading about Lincoln may be less encouraging. I am not getting ready to lead a nation or form a cabinet; I have been reading Wendell Phillips. … Continue reading