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  • Montaigne’s Tip on How to Read Books Effectively

    Montaigne’s Tip on How to Read Books Effectively0

    Researchers keep learning more about the benefits of book reading, which are so numerous it would be mundane to list them here.  The problem is that many people struggle to read books. They are too easily distracted (a problem greater today than ever) or quickly grow tired. This problem is more acute if the reading

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  • Monopoly was Created to Portray the Evils of Capitalism

    Monopoly was Created to Portray the Evils of Capitalism0

    ‘Buy land – they aren’t making it any more,’ quipped Mark Twain. It’s a maxim that would certainly serve you well in a game of Monopoly, the bestselling board game that has taught generations of children to buy up property, stack it with hotels, and charge fellow players sky-high rents for the privilege of accidentally

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  • Monogamy isn’t Natural. But is it Good?

    Monogamy isn’t Natural. But is it Good?0

    In a recent interview (linking to Vanity Fair instead of Playboy), Scarlett Johansson discussed a variety of topics: Broadway, her career, the craft of film-making, and her split from husband Romain Dauriac. It will be the second failed marriage for Johansson, who is not yet 33. So it’s no surprise she sounded a little down on

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  • Monkeypox Was a Table-Top Simulation Only Last Year

    Monkeypox Was a Table-Top Simulation Only Last Year2

    Monkeypox is oddly following the same pattern as COVID-19, particularly with the planning stages.

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  • Money Talks: The Agenda Behind the American Women Quarters Program

    Money Talks: The Agenda Behind the American Women Quarters Program2

    Nina Otero-Warren. Anna May Wong. Edith Kanaka‘ole. Jovita Idar. Zitkala-Ša. Dr. Pauli Murray. Celia Cruz. Ask any American to identify these women—Murray was “perceived” as a woman—and unless that person majored in women’s studies, odds are high that few will recognize these names. Yet these are seven of the 15 names featured now on the

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  • Money Talks: China and the NBA

    Money Talks: China and the NBA0

    • October 10, 2019

    On October 4, Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted a message of support for the protesters in Hong Kong: “Fight for freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.” On October 6 the National Basketball Association’s Chief Communications Officer Mike Bass offered an official apology for this tweet. “We are extremely disappointed for the … inappropriate remarks.

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