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All art is propaganda

Propaganda refers to the use of persuasive information to influence public opinion. Such information is often distorted, based on rumors and...
Oat Congee

Congee, a popular Chinese breakfast, is basically a soupy bowl of rice with bits of this or that floated on top. My wife likes hers with Chi...
Poisons and profundities

When We Cease to Understand the World Benjamin Labatut Historical Fiction, 191 pages The book begins with mustard gas and cyanide — mustard ...
The hidden meaning of fairy tales

The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales Bruno Bettelheim Non-fiction 328 pages Vintage Books, 1989, 1976 ...
Kerouac's days in Denver

Jack Kerouac’s writing doesn’t mention Boulder as a place he visited in Colorado, yet there’s a school named after him there. Founded in 1...
Oh, no, not again

Once again America's financial credibility is on borrowed time. On January nineteenth, 2023, US Treasury Secretary, Janet L. Yellen not...

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