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View More News5 years ago Aug/Sept 2021 “In the two decades since the September 11 attacks, the absence of REAL ID enforcement has not made domestic flights more vulnerable to terrorism. Meanwhile, the federal government and the states have not been able to implement REAL ID at scale, and the general public does not seem to see a need for it. The next time Congress debates the future of REAL ID, it should repeal the requirement for good.” Scott Shackford “Even COVID-19 Couldn’t Kill REAL ID” 15 years ago Aug/Sept 2011 “After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, it became fashionable…
On Democracy, by Walt Whitman, introduction by David Bromwich, Library of America, 210 pages, $12.50 When Walt Whitman was born in 1819, traversing Long Island took days and was probably best done on foot. Brooklyn, still independent of New York City, was a farm-country alcove for Quakers, freethinkers, and country writers and educators. Whitman became a teacher while still a teenager (and included a student of color in his classes, a rare thing for teachers to accept at the time). His home was the sort of scene you might see on a gigantic puzzle today: old wooden fences, dirt roads,…
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Note: the following review contains plot spoilers.In the opening lines of his poem Ithaka, Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933), the second-most famous Greek poet to make his theme the perilous homecoming of the Trojan War hero Odysseus, wroteAs you set out for Ithakahope your road is a long one,full of adventure, full of discovery.Laistrygonians, Cyclops,angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them:you’ll never find things like that on your wayas long as you keep your thoughts raised high,as long as a rare excitementstirs your spirit and your body.(The translation is from Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard’s 1975 compilation, C.P. Cavafy, Selected Poems.) Christopher…
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From today’s decision by Judge Trevor McFadden (D.D.C.) in Soffer v. George Washington Univ.: Two former George Washington University (“GWU”) students and a student…
“This is by far the biggest Iranian illegal gambling network ever discovered and one of the biggest in the world,” said John Wojcik, a…
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Happy Tuesday, and welcome to the latest edition of Rent Free. This week’s slightly abbreviated post-Memorial Day issue includes a breakdown of the latest version…
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Near Protocol’s native token, NEAR, has the potential to grow 20x by 2027, according to Arthur Hayes, co-founder of the crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX.Key…
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from the fuckarounds-just-found-out dept It’s one thing to accuse the government of engaging in vindictive prosecutions. It’s quite another thing to prove it. The…
Before he became the Trump administration’s chief military planner, Elbridge Colby had a single-minded mission: to muster the resources of the United States in…
One of the XRP Ledger’s biggest weaknesses as a DeFi venue might be on its way out.A draft amendment titled “AMM Swappable Curves” was…
Bitcoin (BTC) saw flash volatility around Tuesday’s Wall Street open as US-Iran nerves rocked risk assets.Key points:Bitcoin briefly taps $78,000 as volatility returns to…