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Seeds of discontent

Seeds of discontent

A Princeton University study published in 2014 knocks the notion of American representative democracy right on its star-spangled ass. Researchers Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page looked at 1,779 policy-related public opinion surveys conducted between 1981 and 2002, then compared the results of those surveys with policies enacted during the same period. They wanted to find out whether our lawmakers make law […]

The way of the cross

Speaking as an automobile owner who many weeks logs more miles walking than he does driving, I can say with some authority – will do so right now, as a matter of fact – that pedestrian crosswalks, particularly those at intersections, are among the least safe places a Downtown Greenvillian not wrapped in several thousand pounds of sheet metal […]

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Haruki Murakami, 1Q84 (Book 2, Chapter 19)
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