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Pete’s “coming out”

The New York Times publishes today a lengthy profile of Pete Buttigieg’s struggle with accepting that he is gay, and his eventual “coming out:” Mr. Buttigieg, now the mayor of South Bend, Ind., struggled for a decade after leaving Harvard … Continue reading

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A healthy development

Friedrich Nietzsche once made a memorable complaint about the ubiquity of clergy: What happened? Simply this: the priest had formulated, once and for all time and with the strictest meticulousness, what tithes were to be paid to him, from the … Continue reading

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Back in the ol’ hometown, ctd

Another hot summer weekend is underway. Confirmed Shooting: Female shot in the leg, privately conveyed to DRH, doesn't know who shot her. DPD responding for the report. pic.twitter.com/oc1fbjGYF0 — Motor City 911 (@DetroitScanner) July 13, 2019 Confirmed Stabbing: Woman reports … Continue reading

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Quote for the day

The most epic moment of Pelosi’s oversight abdication was, of course, her response to the Mueller Report. She was completely outfoxed by Bill Barr’s shameless misdirection at first, and once his sleight of hand became obvious, she seemed to have … Continue reading

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Amazon and automation

Apparently, Amazon thinks that a lot of the workforce it is about to displace with robots can be taught to program those robots. As automation technology has leapt ahead, workers increasingly worry about losing their jobs to robots and algorithms. … Continue reading

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