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Artwork Made From Old Bananas Shows Value Is Subjective 0
- Culture
- December 11, 2019
Last week, Miami art gallery Art Basel sold, for $120,000, a piece of art composed of a banana duct taped to a wall. At least one other identical piece sold for a similar amount. A third piece was priced at $150,000. The banana used in the display is a real banana, and on Saturday, a
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The Trump Administration’s Dangerous Facial Surveillance Scheme 0
- Politics
- December 11, 2019
Planning on boarding a flight to Prague, Beijing, or Toronto? Even if you’re a U.S. citizen, the government may soon be using your trip as an excuse to step on your civil rights. A new rule proposed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would amend the agency’s current biometric practices – which are limited to non-citizens
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Epstein Scandal Proves Monarchy Is More Answerable to the People Than Democracy 0
- Culture
- December 11, 2019
A huge number of famous individuals have been named in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. The late pedophile’s connections included many elected officials like President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, and former Israeli President Ehud Barak. To date, though, there is only one person who has paid a heavy
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Life After Flight from Castro’s Cuba 0
- Culture
- December 10, 2019
When Mercedes (“Mercy”) Rodriguez arrived in America on a fall day in 1979, the first thing she noticed was how clean and wide the streets were. The 15-year-old Cuban refugee had just arrived on a plane carrying nearly a dozen political prisoners, including her father and brothers. They had been blacklisted and then detained for
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Kids and Sexuality: Enough Is Enough 0
- Culture
- December 10, 2019
Stop. No, that’s not enough. To paraphrase “the girl” in Hemingway’s story “Hills Like White Elephants,” “Would you please please please please please please please stop?” Second-graders at a swimming pool should not be placed in an adult changing room. Anyone with a grain of sense understands this concept. In Asheville, North Carolina, I used
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Defense Industry Gives More To Bernie Than Any 2020 Candidate 0
- Politics
- December 10, 2019
Despite his frequent votes against defense bills, Senator Bernie Sanders has collected more presidential campaign contributions from defense industry sources than any other candidate, including Donald Trump. That’s according to data on 2020 funding at the OpenSecrets.org website, which is sponsored by the Center for Responsive Politics. As of early December, Sanders had out-collected Trump $172,803 to $148,218 in defense industry
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