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@samhaselby From New York, to name a few: Henry James Edith Wharton Walt Whitman Don DeLillo Herman Melville JD Salinger Edna St. Vincent Millay Joseph Heller James Baldwin Thomas Pynchon But sure, go with the Rip Van Winkle guy.

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@realchrisrufo "He’s a propagandist whose talents call to mind Edward Bernays, the so-called father of public relations, who in the late 1920s famously sold cigarettes to women by associating smoking with freedom." Super-deluxe-grade based.

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The study was published in the book No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite College Admission and Campus Life.

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Liberals see the world as a battle between victims and oppressors. Conservatives see the world as a battle between civilization and barbarism. Libertarians see the world as a battle between freedom and coercion. — Arnold Kling, "The Three Languages of Politics"

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File under: "Love Is Love" and "Kindness Is Everything." https://t.co/dBeh3gfSai

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Yes. I highly recommend In the Know: Debunking 35 Myths about Human Intelligence (Cambridge University Press, 2020) by @Russwarne to anyone interested in the subject of intelligence. It's well-written, informative, and up-to-date on the latest research. https://t.co/W9mC8rojCG

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Just heard of David Crosby's death. A complicated man with lots of flaws, but a truly wonderful songwriter who introduced me to the beauty of alternate guitar tunings. This little-known gem of his from his stint with The Byrds is my favorite of his songs.https://t.co/HjueOcxYa9

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Excerpt from Robin DiAngelo's book Nice Racism. According to Pew Research, white liberals report having fewer close black friends than white moderates and conservatives. Is this because libs are more likely to treat blacks as representatives of a race rather than as individuals? https://t.co/ZxM4HGQS8y

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From the original manuscript of 1984. George Orwell died on this day 73 years ago. https://t.co/tefb7JGnfM