Saturday, October 12, 2024

On AI As a Tool in a Very Large Confidence Game

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 Over at the sister blog, Shinycroak: I’ve been aware for decades that many people take voluble confidence as a sign of knowledge – it is h...
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024

The High Crimes of the Roberts Court

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Treason, in the US Constitution, is narrowly defined. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, o...
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Monday, September 23, 2024

Reflections on the Life of a Communist Publisher

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Gross, Babette. Willi Münzenberg: A Political Biography. Translated by Marian Jackson. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1974....
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Saturday, July 13, 2024

Early notes on the political response to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump

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As Jim Wright says, “ Don't make it worse. Don't spread rumors and speculation. Regard all unconfirmed reports with skepticism. Aw...
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Friday, July 5, 2024

Notes on Trump v. United States

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“It is folly to think that the triumph of evil could ever be a winning side, in the sense of anyone's gaining anything by it.” – James ...
Monday, June 3, 2024

Short Review: Waxman, The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

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Waxman, Dov. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict . Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. This book by a US political science profes...
Saturday, June 1, 2024

2024.06.01: Aid to Gaza

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As for According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), aid to Gaza is still not being distribute...