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Microbiomes and individual identity: Alexander Pope and the archbishop of Canterbury
I learned a startling fact the other day while listening to Fresh Air’s Terry Gross interviewing Dr. Nathan Wolfe, author of The Viral Storm, a disconcerting account of his research into pandemics like avian flu and AIDS that leap from … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Pope, Enlightenment, Human Microbiome Project, individualism, Nathan Wolfe, Rowan Williams, Terry Gross, Wendell Berry
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Edsels and the Enlightenment: the downside of corporate personhood
A headline in Monday’s Austin American-Statesman reported that the Texas Senate is poised for a political shift as four veteran conservative Republican senators step down before the 2012 election cycle. According to the article, those seats could easily go to … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin American-Statesman, corporations, Enlightenment, Ford Edsel, George Will, liberalism, Rick Perry, The New Yorker
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