https://benedante.blogspot.com/2015/05/religion-in-america.html
bensozia: Religion in America
The latest Pew survey found that only 71% of Americans identity themselves as Christians, down from 79% in 2007. This is not because of oth...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2013/02/biochar-stoves.html
bensozia: Biochar Stoves
The effort go provide clean-burning stoves to the world's poor continues. If you read environmental news magazines or web sites, you have ...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2022/09/putin-follows-stalin-again.html
bensozia: Putin Follows Stalin, Again
The NY Times is reporting, based on US military sources, that Vladimir Putin is interfering more and more in battlefield decisions in Ukrai...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2010/05/most-reproduced-paintings.html
bensozia: The Most Reproduced Paintings
Overstockart.com bills itself the world's largest distributor of hand-painted reproductions of famous paintings. Over the past decade, the b...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2026/05/
bensozia: May 2026
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-spirit-houses-of-bangkok.html
bensozia: The Spirit Houses of Bangkok
Bangkok is full of what look like elaborate bird houses, most mounted on poles or pedestals. But they are not for birds. These are spirit ho...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2016/09/household-income-and-other-things.html
bensozia: Household Income and Other Things
Household income in the US went way up in 2015, the biggest one-year jump ever measured. But the level is still lower than the peak figure...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2011/11/newt.html
bensozia: Newt!
Despite tough competition, I think Newt Gingrich has a lock on the title of America's Weirdest Prominent Politician. Rick Perry is just ano...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-ethology-of-politics.html
bensozia: The Ethology of Politics
Interesting article by Thomas Edsall about the political gender gap in America, which right now is historically very large. Conservative Al...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2014/12/dupont-underground.html
bensozia: Dupont Underground
Dupont Circle is one of the most happening neighborhoods in Washington, DC, so most of the available land is in use for stores, restaurant...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2014/05/ending-chronic-homelessness.html
bensozia: Ending Chronic Homelessness
Chronic homelessness is declining so rapidly in America that people are talking seriously about ending it completely: Nationally, from 20...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2015/01/oak-hill-cemetery-washington.html
bensozia: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-waste-land.html
bensozia: The Waste Land
Selections I What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, You cannot say, or guess, for y...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2011/10/not-knowing-what-to-do-about-economy.html
bensozia: Not Knowing What to Do about the Economy
I found a flaw. . . . a flaw in the model. —Alan Greenspan, October 2008 One of my themes here has been that although most ...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2019/01/maya-eccentric-flints.html
bensozia: Maya Eccentric Flints
There was across the history of all humans a Stone Age, when stone was the supreme material for tools and weapons. The first technique for...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2014/05/birth-trauma-brain-injuries-folklore.html
bensozia: Birth Trauma, Brain Injuries, Folklore and Science
It has become an entrenched belief in America that trauma during birth leads to brain injuries among newborns. Cerebral palsy in particular ...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2020/08/lazar-vozarevic.html
bensozia: Lazar Vozarević
Lazar Vozarević (1925-1968) was a Serbian artist. I never heard of him until today, but he seems to have been a pretty big deal in post-war ...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2018/08/vanilla-libertarianism-and-joneses.html?showComment=1535657577950
bensozia: Vanilla, Libertarianism, and the Joneses
The soaring price of vanilla has led to interesting times in northeastern Madagascar, where much of the world's vanilla is grown. High pr...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2011/04/what-on-earth-are-these.html
bensozia: What On Earth Are These?
Wired has a great feature on old scientific instruments in the museum of the National Institute of Standards and Technology whose function ...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2023/01/one-born-every-minute.html
bensozia: One Born Every Minute
From Matt Levine , here is part of the SEC complaint against the people running a fraud called CoinDeal: The Securities and Exchange Commis...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2017/06/justin-trudeaus-socks.html
bensozia: Justin Trudeau's Socks
Fascinating: Your basic Maple Leaf theme for a normal day in the life of Canada's Prime Minister. Star Wars socks on May 4. For ...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2018/12/if.html
bensozia: If
-- The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days by Elbert Hubbard, 1914
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2013/01/marriage-in-maryland.html
bensozia: Marriage in Maryland
The state's first fully legal same-sex marriage was celebrated last night, just after midnight, with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Bl...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2020/10/bertolt-brecht-from-to-those-born-after.html
bensozia: Bertolt Brecht, from "To Those Born After"
2 To the cities I came in a chaos age Ruled by starvation. I found the people in revolution And I joined their cause. Thus passed the time...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2017/03/dating-aps-and-nba-road-records.html
bensozia: Dating Apps and NBA Road Records
The road records of teams in the National Basketball Association have improved over time: In the 1987-88 season, home teams won an astound...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2011/10/faces.html
bensozia: Faces
From the annual report of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey. All are from Mississippian or Hopewell Sites except for the second from ...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2018/02/mount-kumgang-in-divided-korea.html
bensozia: Mount Kumgang in a Divided Korea
Timed to coincide with the Winter Olympics, the Met is staging a show of paintings and drawings of Mt. Kumgang, a sacred place in traditi...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2022/08/piracy-and-life.html?showComment=1660161749275
bensozia: Piracy and Life
From my old web site: I. The Madness of Life As I drive around these days I am listening to a pretty good book about the Caribbean pirat...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2017/03/todays-excessively-intellectual-joke.html
bensozia: Today's Excessively Intellectual Joke
GLADWELL: I don’t know. Although I have enormous respect for both those economists, this isn’t one of those highly imaginative uses of corre...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2024/08/jim-geraghty-not-liking-his.html
bensozia: Jim Geraghty, Not Liking his Presidential Choices
Jim Geraghty has a new piece at the National Review titled "The Media Have Forgotten Why They Exist." In it he complains that rather than ...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2014/05/egyptian-bracelet-1st-century-ce.html
bensozia: Egyptian Bracelet, 1st Century CE
From the Met's Highlights of the Collection .
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2023/09/jd-vances-political-map-of-america.html
bensozia: J.D. Vance's Political Map of America
From an interesting interview in the NY Times: When I asked how Mr. Vance defined his political positioning, he abruptly popped out of his...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2010/05/for-brides-and-grooms.html
bensozia: For Brides and Grooms
When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidde...
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https://benedante.blogspot.com/2013/01/venus.html
bensozia: Venus
Radar map of the surface of Venus, based on data from the Magellan spacecraft
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