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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/james-baldwin/film-james-baldwin-the-price-of-the-ticket/2632/ "James Baldwin tells his own story in this emotional portrait. Using rarely-seen archival footage from nine different countries, the film melds...

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/08/23/nsa-officers-sometimes-spy-on-love-interests/ "The practice isn’t frequent — one official estimated a handful of cases in the last decade — but it’s common enough to garner its own spycraft label: LOVEINT.Spy agencies...

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/magazine/is-it-nuts-to-give-to-the-poor-without-strings-attached.html "In the past decade it has become increasingly common to give money right to the very poor. After Mexico’s economic crisis in the mid-1990s, Santiago...

http://whiterosereader.org/2013/07/21/a-review-of-unknown-asian-uprisings-volume-2/ "In keeping with this positive affect—and presenting a prime example of the radical power of the subordinated—Katsiaficas opens his series of case studies with consideration...

http://phys.org/news/2013-08-tomb-powerful-women-peru.html "It is the eighth priestess to be discovered," he added. "Our excavations have only turned up tombs with women, never men. Accompanying the priestess are bodies of five children, two of them babies,...

"The Antics Roadshow" charts the history of public bad behaviour, from anarchists and activists to attention seeking eccentrics. The hour-long special recounts the stories behind some of the most audacious stunts of recent times and what motivates the...

http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/08/raising-rivals-costs-and-reform-in-the-public-interest.html "Matt Yglesias draws some interesting lessons and hope (!) from my paper on The Separation of Commerical and Investment Banking: The Morgans...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323455104579016203011548912.html "For hundreds of years, Chinese have burned stacks of so-called "ghost money" for their ancestors to help ensure their comfort in the afterlife. Traditionally, paper money...

Feb. 6, 1993 Here is a video that includes the best of this legendary show from 1993. The roster includes; Hakim Bey, Robert Anton Wilson, Nick Herbert, Rob Brezsny and Joseph Matheny.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2013/08/22/study-to-the-human-brain-me-is-we/ "A new study from University of Virginia researchers supports a finding that’s been gaining science-fueled momentum in recent years: the human brain is wired to connect...