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John Noble Wilford
I have a degree in Anthropology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Now that’s not exactly a phrase that I have an occasion to utter very often in my daily life as an internet consultant & failed poet, but it is a part of my identity that informs everything else. One of the great…
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My Pope’s Evolution
Great piece in the NYT Magazine called "Unintelligent Design" poking logic holes into pseudo-science creationist stuff. Here’s something I didn’t know about my pope: That is why Pope John Paul II was comfortable declaring that evolution has been ”proven true” and that ”truth cannot contradict truth.” Here’s the complete text of the Address of Pope…
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Boing Boing’s Got It Wrong
I am a huge fan of Boing Boing, but they put their patented Indigant Taser on the wrong target today. On the same day I changed my full-text archive into links to the NYT, they complain that one cannot email the full text of an article any longer. All you have to do is choose…
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Tough Month For Old-Timer NYT Types
Seems to be a rash of New York Times old-timers passing away in the new year.Max Lowenthal, 85, a Times Copy Editor, Is DeadLucy Freeman, Times Reporter and Prolific Author, Dies at 88Joseph Durso, 80, Former Sportswriter and Editor at The Times, Dies
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New: Annotations in the NYT
It seems the New York Times has gotten on the Annotated Bibiliography Bandwagon. Today was the first time I saw an obituary with extensive links in the body of the obit. In this case, Larry Buchanan Dies at 81; B-Movie ‘Schlockmeister’, they are self-linking to their entries on the movies of Larry Buchanan. Not a…