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Google’s Book Search: A Disaster for Scholars (“In short, Google has taken a group of the world’s great research collections and returned them in the form of a suburban-mall bookstore.”) (via)

Building a Nation of Know-Nothings (“It’s one thing to forget the past, with predictable consequences, as the favorite aphorism [...]

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This week’s review of Our Tragic Universe made the Noteworthy Content of the Week at the official blog of 9rules.

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Ten things I know about the mosque (“The instinctive response of Americans should have been the same as President Obama’s: Muslims have every right to build there. Where one [...]

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I should have mentioned it before since it ended with July but I did not succeed with the Random Reading Challenge. I made it 75 percent of the way there but under the grading standards in the local schools that’s a “D”. Even the host, Caribousmom, also didn’t make her goal. [...]

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David Wolff, author of Seth Bullock: Black Hills Lawman, which I reviewed earlier this year, will present “Seth Bullock-Law and Order in Deadwood” at the Main Siouxland Library this Tuesday at 7 pm. The program is free and open to the public.

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Are Conservatives Pussies?

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The [...]

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The guide for the South Dakota Festival of Books I mentioned in this space last week is now available online. The complete schedule is also available at the event’s website. As you will see, most likely tomorrow, the festival is affecting August Bibliolust.

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Jessica Crispin describes her recent book [...]

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I got a sneak peek at the official program for the South Dakota Festival of Books. If I wasn’t excited before, I certainly am now. Make sure it is on your calendar — Sept. 24-26 here in Sioux Falls.

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Century Regional Detention Facility is sentenced to Lindsay Lohan.

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Antidepressants in the water are making shrimp suicidal

Parents Television Council F*cking Pissed About Repeal Of FCC Indecency Ban

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How facts backfire (“Like an underpowered antibiotic, facts could actually make misinformation even stronger.”) (via The Morning News)

The Tyranny of the New (“We are sold books the same [...]

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Science reporting officially dead at CNN

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“you cannot spell blogger without either ego or bore” (As an aside, the co-author of the first book mentioned in the post taught at the USD School of Law when I was there.)

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Tomorrow (July 11) is the 50th anniversary of [...]

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Earlier this week the South Dakota Festival of Books announced the presenters for this year’s festival, to be held in Sioux Falls September 24-26. Once again, it’s an impressive and diverse list.

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Dog Bites Man; Media Simply Bites

Okay, who stole King Tut’s penis?

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In Defense of [...]

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One reason why humans are special and unique: We masturbate. A lot. (And before you think this is from some wacko, NSFW site, it comes from the Scientific American website.) (The Morning News)

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Inside the mind of the anonymous online poster (“The loudest, most aggressive [...]