March 9, 2013

"How the demographic shift could hurt Democrats, too"

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An op-ed in the Washington Post from a young professor at Harvard: How the demographic shift could hurt Democrats, too  By Ryan D. En...
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Flying Death Robots viewed with unwarranted concern by citizenry

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From the NYT: Visions of Drones Swarming U.S. Skies Hit Bipartisan Nerve  By SCOTT SHANE and MICHAEL D. SHEAR  WASHINGTON — The deb...
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A theory about this week's Media KKKraziness

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Why has the last week seen the national media break out into a frenzy over the specter of white racism? (See below for examples.) Perha...
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March 8, 2013

WaPo: Black gay candidate murdered, "Mississippi’s dark history of racial brutality" to blame?

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Splashed big in the Washington Post as the top story of the evening of March 8th: Mississippi white man A politician’s death open...
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Jeb Bush's book "Immigration Wars"

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From the Washington Post : Manuel Roig-Franzia, native of Spain, winner of Don Quixote Look-Alike Contest Book review: ‘Immigrati...
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Multiple regression of microaggression

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It would be informative to perform a multiple regression analysis of the demographics of individuals who submit anecdotes to microaggressio...
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More Microaggression Resources

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Can't get enough? Well, there's more where that came from: Microaggression  - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ...
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March 7, 2013

Best of MicroAggressions.com

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Highlights from MicroAggressions.com : I noticed that when I eat out and order a Coke, I’m often asked whether I want it to be a diet Cok...
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NBC's defense in George Zimmerman's defamation suit: Rest of media did it too

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From the Washington Post: NBC’s Zimmerman response: Other media outlets highlighted race   Posted by Erik Wemple on March 7, 2013 at ...
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How pharma firms jack your bills up through payoffs to would-be competitors

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Since most people get most of their medicine at least subsidized by health insurance or Medicare/Medicaid, there isn't much general int...
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Morningside Heights Deli of White Racism identified

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A friend in New York identifies the Deli of Discrimination where, according to an NYT column by Ta-Nehisi Coates ( "The Good, Racist P...
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It's not always sunny in Philadelphia

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Here's a massively controversial article in Philadelphia Magazine where a white journalist talks about the subject of race in Philadel...
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How long until a drug goes generic?

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Informative readers have pointed out various websites that give clues about when currently high-priced on-patent drugs might be available a...
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Obie Microaggressions Do Manhattan

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Oberlin has a wonderful website for the racially aggrieved, of which it has no shortage, called Oberlin Microagressions . The New York Time...
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Is there a central website for when drugs go generic?

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The way my family's health insurance works most of the time, we pay $45 per month for brand name pharmaceuticals that are on patent and...
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Do species exist?

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From the NYT: Coming Soon: Long-Delayed Decisions on Endangered Species   The eastern massasauga rattlesnake has been a candidate for...
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The central irony of 21st Century American politics

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From the Wall Street Journal: The Reverse-Joads of California by Allysia Finley  Low- and middle-income residents are fleeing the s...
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Downside of Moynihan's Law of the Canadian Border: It's cold

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Daniel Patrick Moynihan's Law of the Canadian Border says that the farther north an American state is, the fewer social problems it wil...
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