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Straight Dope: What I Learned from My First Thousand Nonfiction Reviews

Straight Dope: What I Learned from My First Thousand Nonfiction Reviews

What I learned from my first thousand nonfiction reviews

2019

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The Straight Dope

History shows American arrogance and ignorance caused the Ukraine war

One month before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, I published an editorial largely blaming Zelensky if anything happened. I said…

1d ago

History shows American arrogance and ignorance caused the Ukraine war

1d ago

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The Straight Dope

The two faces of the two-faced aliexpress.com

It seems that Aliexpress.com has two very different customer service policies. If there is a problem with an order that can be blamed on…

5d ago

The two faces of the two-faced aliexpress.com

5d ago

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The Straight Dope

Subterfuge through the ages — Russia is nothing new

Residents of the 21st century can be forgiven for thinking they live in a world unprecedented spying and subterfuge. That anyone at all…

Jan 5

Subterfuge through the ages — Russia is nothing new

Jan 5

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The Straight Dope

The two party system, preventing a golden age of progress

A book called In Defense of Partisanship immediately gets my attention. I have long been one of those who is not in favor of the partisan…

Dec 29, 2024

The two party system, preventing a golden age of progress

Dec 29, 2024

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Just call me Rex

The Sunday before Christmas 2024, and I decided to check the tab on my Medium page for Following. These are the people I have bookmarked…

Dec 22, 2024

Just call me Rex

Dec 22, 2024

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The Straight Dope

What has become of all the child-soldiers?

A longitudinal study is following kidnapped child soldiers in Africa, for all their lives. Theresa Betancourt has written up a lot of…

Dec 22, 2024

What has become of all the child-soldiers?

Dec 22, 2024

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The Straight Dope

With all the overheating and smog, Bangkok demonstrates a livable future now.

Bangkok is a genuine major world-class city of 23 million, and extraordinarily photogenic. With its deafening noise levels, horrible…

Dec 16, 2024

With all the overheating and smog, Bangkok demonstrates a livable future now.

Dec 16, 2024

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Here it is, ladies. Insults to get rid of men

In my neverending search to broaden my horizons, I got suckered into reading How To Piss Off Men, by Kyle Prue. It claims to be focused and…

Dec 15, 2024

Here it is, ladies. Insults to get rid of men

Dec 15, 2024

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The Straight Dope

Economics is more dismal than you think

The two sacrés monstres of economics are Adam Smith and David Ricardo. Ricardo is by far the more colorful character, and is the subject of…

Dec 9, 2024

Economics is more dismal than you think

Dec 9, 2024

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The Straight Dope

Every living thing has a mind of its own. Here’s a neurologist’s “evidence”.

I’m a big reader of brain books. I’ve probably reviewed 15 or 20 of them here. This latest one, called The Dawn of Mind by neuroscientist…

Dec 2, 2024

Every living thing has a mind of its own. Here’s a neurologist’s “evidence”.

Dec 2, 2024

David Wineberg

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Author, The Straight Dope, or What I learned from my first thousand nonfiction reviews. 16 Essays. Free with Prime www.thestraightdope.net

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