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Rick
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Debt and Culture
Read more: Debt and CultureI just read an interesting book review (posted on Salon, but originally from the LA Review of Books) about the role of debt in civilization and history. The book, Debt: The First 5,000 Years,…
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Jefferson the Slaveholder
Read more: Jefferson the SlaveholderMy goodness, the media has discovered that Thomas Jefferson, hero of every U. Va. alum, actually owned slaves. Not only that, but he exploited them for their labor! He arranged his life to make things nice…
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Back on-line
Read more: Back on-lineI’ve been trying to simplify my on-line life. Part of this was to reduce costs and simplify things by merging separate hosting sites. My smat.us account expired in early September. It took till now…
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Alert for the Fall Eagle River Camporee
Read more: Alert for the Fall Eagle River CamporeeCenters for Disease Control – Atlanta, GA July 22, 2012; 13:41EDT UPDATE JULY 2012: Small animals manifesting “Zombie like” characteristics are rumored to have been sighted in the Upper Midwest, and appear to be…
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Alex and Courtney’s Wedding Site
Read more: Alex and Courtney’s Wedding SiteFor reasons I don’t understand, it’s taken me till now to post a link to Alex and Courtney’s wedding web site: http://www.courtney.alex-ives.com/ (Note that this link no longer leads to their wedding site.)
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Minnesotans United for All Families
Read more: Minnesotans United for All FamiliesLast week we had a tea/party/fundraiser for Minnesotans United for All Families. That’s the organization that’s trying to defeat the Minnesota constitutional amendment that forbids gay marriage. There are a lot of “nots” in there, which…
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The Strike
Read more: The StrikeI took the site offline yesterday in solidarity with the Electronic Frontiers Foundation and other organizations to protest impending US congressional action on “copyright protection” bills. As a published author I’m happy to have…
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