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April 21 - New takes on Western Civ

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A New Museum of the American Revolution, Warts and All   The Crisis of Western Civ A New Exoplanet may be the Most Promising Yet in the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

April 14 - Baseball!

Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right. - Henry Ford Fantastic Catch by Lorenzo Rally Cat The Point of Hate

April 7 - On Competence and Lack Thereof

"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made, in a narrow field." - Niels Bohr The Coming Incompetence Crisis Twitter Sues Government to Block Unmasking of Account Critical of Trump Jeff Bezos Says he is Selling $1B per year in Amazon Stock to Finance Race to Space Why Expertise Matters

April 3 - Intellectual discourse

"Never argue with an idiot. They will pull you down to their level and beat you with experience." - Mark Twain (att.) The Weekly Standard's Arsenal to Fight Falsehoods: 'Facts, Logic and Reason'   How Uber uses Psychological Tricks to Push its Driver' Buttons     Middlebury, my Divided Campus