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08/30/2007 | 2:32 pm

See? Even bacteria cheat. (Earlier)

Dissed by Oprah: one author’s tale.

Global warming hits the fashion industry. (Earlier)

Can railroad track layouts show the causal effects of segregation?

TAGS: cheating, climate change, Media, Oprah, publishing, race

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Irene says:

August 30, 2007 at 6:00 pm

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20227400/site/newsweek/from/ET/

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Irene says:

August 30, 2007 at 6:00 pm

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20227400/site/newsweek/from/ET/

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Zoe says:

August 31, 2007 at 8:28 am

I wonder if they wrote such inane fashion articles in the 1970s during the global cooling frenzy.

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Zoe says:

August 31, 2007 at 8:28 am

I wonder if they wrote such inane fashion articles in the 1970s during the global cooling frenzy.

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frankenduf says:

August 31, 2007 at 1:11 pm

the link between infrastructure and segregation is ubiquitous- reminds me of Israel’s carving up settlement areas, thereby isolating Palestinian communities and relegating them to third world enclaves

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frankenduf says:

August 31, 2007 at 1:11 pm

the link between infrastructure and segregation is ubiquitous- reminds me of Israel’s carving up settlement areas, thereby isolating Palestinian communities and relegating them to third world enclaves

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frankenduf says:

August 31, 2007 at 1:19 pm

the bacteria phenomenon is a (literal!) microcosm of Kant’s concept of parasitic evil- the rational argument why evil will always lose out to virtue

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frankenduf says:

August 31, 2007 at 1:19 pm

the bacteria phenomenon is a (literal!) microcosm of Kant’s concept of parasitic evil- the rational argument why evil will always lose out to virtue

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