The Holy Con-Men

Speak UP, Speak OUT, Speak LOUD

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I felt hemmed in by ghosts—You know, Manders, the longer I live the more convinced I am that we're all haunted in this world—not only by the things we inherit from our parents—but the ghosts of innumerable old prejudices and beliefs—half-forgotten cruelties and betrayals—we may not even be aware of them. The whole world is haunted by these ghosts of the dead past; you have only to pick up a newspaper to see them weaving in and out between the lines—Ah! if we only had the courage to sweep them all out and let in the light!

From Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts

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Paris, Proust

In the wake of evil attempting to promote terror, let us celebrate life uninhibited. Today is Beaujolais day and Proust’s birthday! Vive la France!

Wisdom from the man himself:

“Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.” - Marcel Proust, From Swann’s Way

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Moral Myopia: A Response to the Events at Yale and the University of Missouri

Last month, The New Yorker published “Pond Scum,” an article that criticized the “moral myopia” of a hero of rugged Amer…

“Thomas Hobbes once wrote that ‘Knowledge is power.’ In an ideal state full of the potential for human connections, we would best utilize that aphorism by openly listening to and learning from one other, even if our opinions don’t align. As citizens of this balkanized global village, that is when we will have the most potential to invoke lasting change and progression.”

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by Abby Reimer

photography by Alexandria Huber

We went to Fair Local Organic’s “Food 101” last night. Speakers, from UNC-Chapel Hill professors to a local meat distributor, discussed North Carolina’s food system.

Here’s what you missed:

Dr. Steve Wing—Associate Professor, ...

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Craft beer has Carolina on its mind

The passage of "Pop the Cap" in 2005, local food movements, and arriving big craft brewers have poised N.C. as craft beer's new hotbed.

Very proud of this piece on why North Carolina has some of the best, if not the best, beer in the country. I'm not the proudest transplant out there, but every once in a while some sense of belonging and pride for N.C. shines through.

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Consumers flock to new takes on fried chicken

Fried chicken is seeing servings rise in small chains and independents while overall consumption, mostly in chains, falls.

It's National Fried Chicken Day, everybody. Live it up.

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More night running in the city; it's the best alongside a throbbing soundtrack of "Fake Empire" and "New York I Love You"."

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I missed this beaut

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'...he told me to just listen to what the teacher said about such things, and then to think about it in my own mind, and wait 'til I'm grown up and then I can use my own judgment.' 'Well, now that's what you were told, but all the other children's mothers and fathers tell them to believe, without thinking, whatever the teacher says. So it will be no wonder if those children are able to think for themselves when they're grown up, will it?'

Robert Tressell; from The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

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Some of them were under the delusion that they were Conservatives; similarly, others imagined themselves to be Liberals. As a matter of fact, most of them were nothing. They knew as much about the public affairs of their own country as they did of the condition of the affairs in the planet of Jupiter.

Robert Tressell; from The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists

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Loving my Ny running routes

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I’ll miss you, Valhalla’s Goat.

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I shouldn't like to resemble anyone. It's hard enough work resembling one's self.

Henry James; from The American

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But he went on to reflect that he had done very wisely to pull up stakes and come abroad; the world was apparently such an interesting thing to see...He had done what he wanted; he had tackled the great sights and closed with the great occasions, he had given his mind a chance to "improve" if it would. He fondly believed that it had improved a good deal. Yes, these waters of the free curiosity were very soothing, and he would splash in them until they ran dry.

Henry James; from The American

An accurate summation of my feelings as my term of studying abroad comes to an end.

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Now, at all events, you've the world before you. You've only to enjoy.

Henry James; from The American

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As for the damned old money, I've enough, already, not to miss it — you see how that spoils my beauty.

Henry James; from The American

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The implicit philosophy of an Edinburgh man is rank and privilege; of a Glasgow man equality.

Edwin Muir; from Scottish Journey

Oh my dear Glasgow, how I will miss thee...