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Rangers appoint Mark Warburton and prepare to be led in a new direction

With 11 players leaving at the end of the season, Rangers’ ‘modernising’ new manager must assemble a new team to lead in a new direction ...

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Rachel Dolezal and the Ideology of Race

In response to Rachel Dolezal "lying" about who she was, Rachel performed a certain racial and gender identity to the extreme, but we all perform racial and gender identities all the time. As a college...

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Empirical And Ideological Skepticism

I want to follow-up on the conversation about ideology and empiricism with Russ Roberts, Noah Smith, and Paul Krugman. Here is my previous entry, and here is Noah's with some updates and links....

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Noah Smith Writing Lesson (Hoover Institution)

(Source: Hoover Institution) Noah Smith Writing Lesson Noah Smith has a good review of the writing in of Thomas Piketty's book. A lesson for students learning to write papers: Don't needlessly annoy...

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Brisbane City Council budget: RACQ welcomes budget, not Kingsford Smith Drive

Brisbane City Council budget 2015-16: As it happened Labor promises pedestrian bridge and King George Square fountain Fountains and lights in Brisbane City Council budget short of surprises Brisbane...

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Fancy hotel tries to stop food waste by posting pictures of starving kids

The idea behind a buffet is to eat as much as you want, and whatever you want. Just think of the last time you were at a hotel buffet in Las Vegas and had to unbutton your pants, then take a nap after...

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With trade vote, Clinton speech - Democrats are being Democrats again: Paul...

Changes in ideology matter only to the extent that they can influence policy. By Paul Krugman Last Friday, House Democrats shocked almost everyone by rejecting key provisions needed to complete the...

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Daily Press Briefing by the Press Secretary Josh Earnest, 06/16/15 (President...

(Source: President of the United States) James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:51 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Feel like I'm interrupting a party or something. Q Ooooh -- Q It's a...

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Study of returns to the ER suggests lack of follow-up care

No one wants to make a repeat visit to the emergency room for the same complaint, but new research suggests it's more common than previously thought and surprisingly, people frequently wind up at a...

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The OT is the NT hidden; the NT is the OT revealed

Much ado is made regarding the Old Testament and New Testament and the relevance it has in contemporary times. Many oblivious to history whether from the older Biblical narratives of Adam, Noah, and...

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Reacting to Charleston tragedy, candidates stick to their comfort zones

The tragic shooting in a Charleston church has quickly became something of a Rorschach test for the crop of politicians running for president, who are facing the first major national trauma of the...

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Media Watch Dog: In defence of Bill Shorten against Fairfax and ABC

STOP PRESS ● IN DEFENCE OF BILL SHORTEN AGAINST FAIRFAX MEDIA AND ABC OUTLETS Media Watch Dog has always maintained that both the ABC and Fairfax Media criticise the Coalition (constantly) and Labor...

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David Cameron: Some Muslim communities 'quietly condone' extremist ideology...

Parts of some Muslim communities have to share the blame for young Britons joining Isis forces because they have “quietly condoned” extremist ideology instead of confronting it, David Cameron will...

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British PM says Muslims must do more to counter IS ideology

Prime Minister David Cameron charged Friday that some British Muslims quietly condone the radical ideology of the Islamic State group, prompting accusations that he is scapegoating the large and...

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Cameron warns of 'quietly condoning' IS ideology

19 June 2015 From the section UK Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to warn of the dangers posed by those who "quietly condone" Islamic State militants' extremist ideology. Speaking at a security...

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Flyers GM Hextall looking to make a splash in NHL draft

The Flyers are thin on promising young forwards and have missed the playoffs in two of the last three seasons, making next weekend's deep draft a potential launching point for general manager Ron...

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Crafting Compelling Fiction With Jim Heskett

Imagine yourself deep in a forest. You notice your travel companions rifling through your backpack while muttering to themselves at half-volume. Unsettled, you retire to your tent where you find a...

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The self-control consequences of political ideology

Abstract Evidence from three studies reveals a critical difference in self-control as a function of political ideology. Specifically, greater...

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Timothy Hutton's postmortem on 'American Crime'

On the day Timothy Hutton sat down with The Envelope at a small Italian restaurant in Manhattan, it was less than 24 hours after a shocking plot turn had aired on the season finale of "American Crime,"...

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn announces ‘Jack is Back’ in Twitter debut

Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn announced “Jack is Back” in his head-scratching Twitter debut on Sunday. The one-time French presidential hopeful and noted horn dog established a...

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Signs of stalemate build in Harrisburg (EAP - Energy Association of...

(Source: EAP - Energy Association of Pennsylvania) Angela Couloumbis and Madison Russ, Inquirer Staff Writers Last updated: Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 1:07 AM Posted: Monday, June 22, 2015, 7:38 PM...

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Morten Jerven On African Economic Growth (Hoover Institution)

(Source: Hoover Institution) Readings and Links related to this podcast episode Highlights Time Podcast Episode Highlights 0:33 Intro. [Recording date: June 4, 2015.] Russ: What's wrong with the...

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What happens when a millennial goes fascist? He starts up a neo-Nazi site

Andrew Anglin, 30, the publisher of the neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer, wouldn’t say where he was. He wouldn’t even say if he was in America. Anglin has gotten a lot of media requests after the...

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Signs of stalemate build in Harrisburg

HARRISBURG - The prospects for a state budget deal dimmed Monday as Democrats and Republicans in the Capitol ramped up their rhetoric and raised the possibility of a budget stalemate. With eight days...

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Frustration in facing IS ideology

In the Regional Summit to Counter Violent Extremism in Sydney on June 11, Australian Prime Minster Tony Abbott said that discussion on the prevention of Islamic State (IS) ideology was important....

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A clean bill of healthcare

The Supreme Court sided with common sense over ideology Thursday when it ruled that Congress intended all low-income Americans to be eligible for subsidized health insurance under the 2010 Patient...

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Committee to consider impact on Good Friday Agreement should UK repeal Human...

(Source: Houses of the Oireachtas) Committee to consider impact on Good Friday Agreement should UK repeal Human Rights Act 1998 Separately, Committee to meet republican and loyalist prisoner groups to...

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That Antonin Scalia Dissent Was Really Dumb

We liberals may not love the guy, but we do respect his intellect, so it’s a shame he’s pushing out dreck like his Burwell dissent. By now you’ve heard all about “jiggery-pokery” and “applesauce” and...

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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Josh Earnest, 6/25/2015 (President of the...

(Source: President of the United States) James S. Brady Press Briefing Room *Please see below for an addendum to the transcript, marked with asterisks. 1:48 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon,...

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Of fools and angels

Minister Owen Bonnici is on record as saying that the government is considering changing the IVF (actually Embryo Protection) Act in order to allow homosexual couples to have children. The current Act...

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As many as 500 vacuum cleaners among collections left behind

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — They didn't know about the vacuum cleaners. People knew Marlowe Roeser for his restaurants at the Washington State Fair, or they knew him for his work with youth athletics and his...

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Adam Lambert, MMVA Red Carpet 2015: Talks Fashion Pet Peeve And Being ‘Chill’...

Adam Lambert was interviewed on MMVA‘s 2015 Red Carpet. In casual conversation, Adam talked about some of his beauty and fashion secrets. As well as peeves. MTV‘s Fora caught up with the pop icon right...

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Cameron gives Today programme interview on Tunisia, Greece and the EU -...

Rolling coverage of all the day’s developments as they happen, including David Cameron’s Today interview and his statement to MPs about Tunisia and the EU summit ...

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‘Young And Restless’ Developments: Scrambling, Arguing And Revelations Ahead...

Everybody is gathered at the hospital as Jack lies in a coma and naturally there’s a lot of tension. The Young and the Restless spoilers from She Knows Soaps detail that as people question whether...

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Sound of the White Buffalo can be found between tenderness and a growl

LOS ANGELES — The voice inside him whirls, lapping and rising, hitting the air like a fist. He stops. "I'm screaming too much." He starts again. Stops. Curses. He takes a breath and closes his eyes....

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It's Time to Update America's Ideological Software

The founding fathers were great entrepreneurs. They shipped something akin to a software product: the first version of the "ideological operating system" of the United States. The operating system (OS)...

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Transcript: Mayor de Blasio Holds Press Gaggle (City of New York, NY)

(Source: City of New York, NY) June 30, 2015 Mayor Bill de Blasio: So, a number of you have been asking about my views on the session in Albany that just - that just ended. And I want to talk to you,...

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Transcript: Mayor de Blasio Holds Impromptu Press Gaggle (City of New York, NY)

(Source: City of New York, NY) June 30, 2015 Mayor Bill de Blasio: So, a number of you have been asking about my views on the session in Albany that just - that just ended. And I want to talk to you,...

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Get a Nextbook Flexx 10.1-inch Windows hybrid for $178

It's a laptop one minute and a tablet the next, and it comes with a one-year Office 365 subscription. Plus: three bonus deals! by June 17, 2015 7:36 AM PDT facebook twitter linkedin googleplus email...

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Davis To Invite Barber Back As Coach (Crewe Alexandra FC Ltd)

(Source: Crewe Alexandra FC Ltd) Steve Davis set to try and entice Fred Barber back as goalkeeping coach. Steve Davis has told the club's official web-site that he has had 'a conversation' with the...

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‘Young And Restless’ Teasers: Suspicions Are Raised And Announcements Are...

Victor tried to cover up what happened with the shooting, but details are coming out. She Knows Soaps shares that Nick will push his father for an explanation about what happened. The Young and the...

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Without fanfare, divided SCOTUS creates law out of thin air

Thomas stated, ‘Making the same mistake in different areas of the law furthers neither certainty nor judicial economy. It furthers error.’ WASHINGTON – There was a lot of fanfare and media attention...

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Paul Thomas Anderson To Write And Possibly Direct Warner Bros' ‘Pinocchio’...

By Kevin Jagernauth | The Playlist Wed Jul 01 13:53:56 EDT 2015 0 0 0 For his past couple of films, Paul Thomas Anderson has really chased his own muse, even if the box office rewards or awards season...

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Andre Ward stops Paul Smith for triumphant return to the ring

As soon as Andre Ward found his stride following his lengthy layoff, the fight quickly came to an end. Ward made a triumphant return to the ring and delighted his home crowd when he stopped England's...

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Nader talks car safety on 50th anniversary of 'Unsafe at Any Speed'

Traffic fatalities are simply the result of driver error. That was the mantra in the early '60s. Then, on November 30, 1965, a book was published on vehicle safety and forever changed the auto...

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A Careful Look at Greece's Options and Why Yes Is the Only One

Paul Krugman and Joe Stiglitz have vociferously advocated voting no in the Greek referendum. Their main argument is based on the effect of austerity on the Greek economy and on the possibilities open...

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Buy This Now: Peaches and nectarines

Peaches and nectarines are two of the most glorious prizes of summer, but this year you’d better grab them while you can. Blink and you might miss your favorites. Because of the warm winter we...

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Depth Before Dishonor

As we mark the birth of our nation's independence this July 4th traditionally we do so with family gatherings, barbecues, fireworks and beer. I plan to do the same and think it is a wonderful way to...

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