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Metsfilter January 2 2018

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Thomas Mets

These are just some links I found interesting. Tyler Cowen’s explanation of why he writes for Bloomberg View is a source of good leads on intelligent writing on economic matters. Open Culture has two interesting photo galleries: 1,600 color photos … Continue reading →

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Recent Podcasts

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Thomas Mets

I’ve listened to podcasts for a while, because I like taking long walks and have a low tolerance for boredom. I probably spend more time listening to people talk about issues and culture, than I do actually listening to music, … Continue reading →

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Politics Round-Up August 21 2013 Edition

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Thomas Mets

Erik Posner of Slate thinks a judge’s decision on stop and frisk was poorly made. This was not an easy case. Stop-and-frisk humiliates and inconveniences young black and Hispanic men and may reinforce unfair perceptions about race and crime, while … Continue reading →

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Round-Up August 19 2013 Edition

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Thomas Mets

The Sunday Herald of Glasgow has a list of the Top 50 Graphic Novels of all time. Tom Spurgeon thinks it’s not bad. If your first 50 encounters with the art form were these 50 choices, you’d likely be vastly entertained … Continue reading →

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Politics Round-Up August 19 2013 Edition

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Thomas Mets

Cracked reminds us that the world isn’t all that bad, compared to that horrible place called the past. Paul Waldman of the American Prospect considers the issue of morally compromised art, and the impact on the upcoming Ender’s Game adaptation, … Continue reading →

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Round-Up August 18 2013 Edition

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Thomas Mets

Indiewire has a lot of premature coverage of the 2014 Academy Awards as well as potential nominees. They’re pretty bullish on Martin Scorcese and Leonardo Dicaprio’s Wolf of Wall Street. This downloadable playlist of old songs about drugs and prostitution is fantastic. … Continue reading →

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Politics Round-Up August 16 2013 Edition

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Thomas Mets

An evangelical minister demonstrated an unfamiliarity with pop culture and copyright law with the cover of his new book. It’s a bit odd to have a minister with a closed twitter account. Conor Friedersdorf notes that a Hillary Clinton presidency (and … Continue reading →

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Politics Round-Up August 13 2013 Edition

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Thomas Mets

David Fredosso of the Washington Examiner considers the costs of increasing wages for fast-food workers. Andrew Cohen of the Atlantic declares Oliver Wendell Holmes’s comments in favor of the freedom of speech the most powerful dissent in Supreme Court history. … Continue reading →

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Round-Up 2013 August 13 2013 Edition

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Thomas Mets

The Atlantic considers the rise and fall of the Mid-Atlantic accent popularized by Kathryn Hepburn and Cary Grant. So how did the accent die? Thanks in part to these sharp-tongued headliners like Bogart, Americans began to see themselves better reflected … Continue reading →

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Politics Round-Up August 11 2013 Edition

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Thomas Mets

There seems to be an opening in the 2016 Republican presidential primary for the Santorum slot, the candidate of social conservatives who flocked to Santorum in 2012, Huckabee in 2008 and George W Bush in 2000. Rebecca Cusey of Patheos … Continue reading →

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