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		<title>Steve&#8217;s Peeves 5: cliché dramatic devices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I used to tell people that I had a rule against watching any movie or TV show predicated on the concept of amnesia or an evil twin. In an ironic twist, a friend recently called to tell me he heard that very line in used in a TV show. That&#8217;s what I get for cavorting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nosecohn.com/blog/?p=205</link>
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		<title>Everyone&#8217;s an environmentalist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Environmentalism is simply being concerned with or advocating for the environment. But if each individual thinks of his environment instead of the environment, then the question of who is an environmentalist just becomes one of scope. If I pull up in front of your house and start a big generator, the noise and exhaust will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nosecohn.com/blog/?p=200</link>
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		<title>The tragic story of Steven Hatfill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Atlantic magazine this month tells the tragic story of the US government&#8217;s persecution (in lieu of prosecution) of Steven Hatfill. Everyone should read it. Stories like this make me so sad to see what my country has come to in my lifetime. It&#8217;s just heartbreaking. I take away three key lessons: Always exercise your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nosecohn.com/blog/?p=188</link>
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		<title>A comment on fear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For a long time now, I&#8217;ve been wanting to write about fear. Although I haven&#8217;t put my thoughts together enough to write it all out yet, this short piece gets at a lot of what I&#8217;m feeling.]]></description>
		<link>http://nosecohn.com/blog/?p=186</link>
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		<title>Critical thinking in the information age</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote most of this in response to a friend nearly two years ago, but I&#8217;ve been hearing some things lately that convinced me to share it more widely. &#8211; The internet has become an incredibly easy publishing vehicle whereby anyone can mass-distribute his ideas. On the surface, that&#8217;s great. But as purveyors of this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nosecohn.com/blog/?p=181</link>
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		<title>Right to life: How national health care is like the military</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I watched most of the health care summit that was held in Washington last week. A lot of it was just aggravating, with so much political grandstanding that I couldn&#8217;t imagine any of those gasbags actually solving real problems. But the discussion reignited some thinking that I had a couple years ago, so I thought [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nosecohn.com/blog/?p=166</link>
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		<title>Bipartisan vs. nonpartisan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not that I think it does any good (beyond making me feel a little better), but I sent this email to the White House a few days ago: The goal should be NON-partisan, not bipartisan. I&#8217;m getting really tired of the White House touting all of their &#8220;bipartisan&#8221; efforts. Why should partisanship have anything to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nosecohn.com/blog/?p=161</link>
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		<title>No one seems to remember the Enlightenment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On one of the blogs I read, a user named &#8220;The Professor&#8221; recently posted a comment titled &#8220;No one seems to remember the Enlightenment.&#8221; It struck me as both funny and profoundly true. Far from remembering it, I wonder how many people even know what the Enlightenment was. The Enlightenment, also sometimes referred to as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nosecohn.com/blog/?p=156</link>
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		<title>Gay marriage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Federal trial began today on the constitutionality of California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, also known as Proposition 8. Not being a legal scholar, I don’t have a specific position on the proposition’s constitutionality. It would seem to violate the equal protection clause, but I imagine there are clever defenses for every argument the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nosecohn.com/blog/?p=153</link>
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		<title>Bandi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a tribute to a true companion. Bandi was my dog, but more than that, he was my companion through trying times and interesting adventures. He passed away on the afternoon of February 11th, 2009 at a veterinary clinic where we live in Panama City. He was 11 years old. What happened? Bandi got [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nosecohn.com/blog/?p=133</link>
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