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Remarks on President Obama’s Speech on Accepting The Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo 12/10/2009

Posted on December 13, 2009 by markorton

President Obama’s speech on accepting the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, 2009 has generally been reviewed in the US with much glow about its rhetorical heights and appreciation of its depth of thought. I did not watch Obama give … Continue reading →

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Yottabytes and the National Security State

Posted on October 17, 2009 by markorton

The current New York Review of Books has an article by James Bamford, “Who’s in Big Brother’s Database” that reviews the new book by Mathew M. Aid, The Secret Sentry: The Untold History of the National Security Agency . I … Continue reading →

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Pondering at the Food Coop

Posted on November 1, 2008 by markorton

So, here I am having coffee and my favorite lunch, a toasted bagel with peanut butter thinking about the approaching election. Finally this will conclude what has been an overly long campaign, but one with enormous pleasures. Assuming that Obama … Continue reading →

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The Interrotron

Posted on February 18, 2005 by markorton

In a recent visit to the movies I picked up the FLM [Magazine] (Winter 2004), a product of Landmark Theatres, and found an article by Errol Morris, “13 Questions and Answers on the Filmmaking of Errol Morris“. It contained a … Continue reading →

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