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Quote Du Jour: Joan Didion on J. Paul Getty

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: In a way [J. Paul Getty] seems to have wanted only to do something no one else could or would do. In his posthumous book, As I See It, he advises us that he never wanted “one of … Continue reading →

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Plus Ça Change: The Eternal Effort to Fix Africa

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: In this vivid, straight-talk article, Paul Theroux discusses the endless repetition of failed missionary and educational plans for Africa. And they have become repetitive, some having been originally tried almost 200 years ago…many times. And the likes of … Continue reading →