01/28
American Healthcare Fascialism — an article by Thomas J. Dilorenzo on why healthcare reform (if it passes) won’t work
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01/27
Andrew Breitbart’s Horrible Track Record of Picking Right-Wing Heroes Rule #6: only link to Gossip mags when it’s hilarious, which this undoubtedly is.
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“A principal rule for writers, and especially those who want to describe their own sensations, is not to believe that their doing so indicates they possess a special disposition of nature in this respect. Others can perhaps do it just as well as you can. Only they do not make a business of it, because it seems to them silly to publicize such things.”
George Christoph Lichtenberg
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01/25
Off the Shelf: Flip it over, huh? On self-publishing, books, writing, and the roadblock called an Ego
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January 24, 2010 Art, Culture
Here’s the scoop on Banksy at Sundance. The world renowned film festival is “getting back to it’s roots” this year. I’ve always been a fan of Banksy’s work and I’m sure his film won’t disappoint.
If you’ve never heard of Banksy, he is often referred to as a “guerilla street artist.” Here is a related Banksy narrative at Esquire from a few years back. Esquire always does the most wonderful investigative journalism narratives, and this one reinforces the idea of the anonymous artist that is Banksy in an endearing and somewhat informative fashion:
When I exited the bookstore, a backpack-wearing kid with baggy pants, a Krylon-paint T-shirt, and headphones walked past me. On the back of his backpack was the graffiti tag PEACE NOT WAR. I approached him and asked him if he knew Banksy, and with a smile he said, “Everybody knows Banksy, but nobody knows Banksy.”
Update: Banksy rocks Sundance. No surprise there!
01/23
New York Times to charge for online content, finally — Further development in the ailing news industry story I wrote about in December. The industry is evolving and the NYT has realized that if it stands still it will die.
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“Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.”
Lord Acton
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