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Politically Polarized Brains Share An intolerance Of Uncertainty | Brown University
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain May 14, 2021 (Phys.org) -- Since the 1950s, political scientists have theorized that political polarization -- increased numbers of "political partisans" who view ...
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Ranting about lockdown casualties, participation trophies, and more — Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. — World News Trust May 13, 2021 While walking home from Astoria Park the other day, I passed Riccardo’s By the Bridge. (FYI: Nobody in Astoria ever called it anything other than ...
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Muna is Palestine, Yakub is Israel: The Untold Story of Sheikh Jarrah | Ramzy Baroud
Israeli forces suppress a Palestinian protest against house evictions in Sheikh Jarrah. (Photo: Activestills) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 12, 2021 There are two separate Sheikh Jarrah ...
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BOOKS: The Doctrine Of High Magic: Introduction | John Michael Greer
May 12, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- With this post we begin a monthly chapter-by-chapter discussion of The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic by Eliphas Lévi, the book that launched the modern magical ...
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From BLM to Gun Control: What Do You Believe (and why)? — Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. — World News Trust May 10, 2021 “The simple believe anything, but the prudent give thought to their steps.” (Proverbs 14:15) Have you ever wondered why you believe what you believe? We are ...
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Palestine’s Moment Of Reckoning: Abbas’ Dangerous Decision To ‘Postpone’ Elections | Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 3, 2021 The decision April 30 by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to "postpone" Palestinian elections, -- which would have been ...
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“I got action!” (a few things I learned on the streets about manhood and women) — Mickey Z.
(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust May 6, 2021 Since it’s become both hip and profitable, the umbrella name of “Astoria” is now used to cover a lot of real estate. When I was younger, the ...
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Conversation as Commons | John Michael Greer
May 5, 2021 (EcoSophia) -- A little while back I fielded yet another attempt to bully me into censoring my comments pages. It was the same schtick as always. One of my commenters had expressed a ...
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Birds vs. Tweets: Which Sounds Are You Tuned Into? — Mickey Z.
European Starlings (Photo: Rachel Wood/Great Backyard Bird Count) Mickey Z. — World News Trust May 3, 2021 While walking in my neighborhood the other day, I heard a beautiful and astonishingly ...
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That Time I Almost Accidentally Joined the NYPD — Mickey Z.
(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust April 29, 2021 In my youth, it was very common for the guys I hung around with to seek out city jobs: police, fire department, sanitation, etc. Steady pay, ...
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Grassroots Activism Behind Pro-Palestine Shift In The US | Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy BaroudBottom-up Politics Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 25. 2021 At a recent virtual J Street Conference, U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren broke yet another ...
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