The trouble with believing anything and nothing at the same time

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Brookings experts weigh in

The Fortress We Gave Away

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DM Good morning! Based on our many prior related conversations, today I'd like to share a differing, perhaps more expansive, perspective of the Universal Holophren™. Attached you'll see: 1) A "hierarchical arrangement" graphic (as opposed to the prior "relational" or integrated view we've discussed extensively); thus consider: 2) How Holoprhrens engage WITHIN Pantakinesis™ , ... but only to the limits of respective "vanishing points; " 3)The various "contexts" of vanishing po

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DM Regarding our many past conversations regarding Holphrenic™ implications of Hoffman's "Fitness Beats Truth" (F>T) and my "Fitness Equals Truth™" (F=T™) conjectures, and merits thereof; as I now advance my incubation on these topics, I am coming to realization the differences of these have far more substance, implications and applications. This is especially so when you add a third construct of "Truth Beats Fitness™," (T>F™) ... which also is prevalent in personal and colle

Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.

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New programs aimed at reforming campus culture have drawn scrutiny from skeptical professors, administrators and students who see them as a conservative takeover.

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A new book buries the Obama-era idea that small shifts in personal behavior can greatly improve the world.

DM Today I want to wander about a bit, so please tolerate what may initially seem as unfocused rambling. To begin, what do you think about Danial Quinn's thoughts, such as those he espoused in "Ishmael" and " Story of B ?" Daniel Quinn is a genuinely provocative thinker, and his work rewards serious engagement even when — perhaps especially when — you ultimately disagree with parts of it. The central move Quinn makes, across Ishmael, My Ishmael, and The Story of B, is to ref

The on-air condemnation comes before Colbert’s “Late Show” goes off the air in May, a decision the network previously called “purely a financial decision.”

The union leader turned Polish president muses about the shortcomings of democracy and 21st-century leadership.

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