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Did Not Finish: How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster

I know this book by its alternate title: A Million Discursions on People, Writing, and Even More People.

I went to the library looking for stuff that’d help me become a better analyst of the stuff I already write about. I came away with this. Foster’s How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor promised me “ A Smart, Irreverent Guide to Biography, History, Journalism, Blogs, and Everything in Between” in the title’s overlong second half. I’d call it smart, but it’s neither irreverent nor a guide.

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Debunking fan myths around Michael Jackson's alleged sex crimes

I can't tell you what to believe, but I can ask you to use reliable sources.

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On D4vd: Details matter

YouTuber J Wisdom analyzed David Anthony Burke, the man charged with the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. He got over a millio

J Wisdom constructs a cognitive profile of David Anthony Burke using his music, past interviews, and court documents from the ongoing murder investigation. He incorporates psychological concepts like Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development and the Dark Triad. But the understanding built in the video lacks important material context. The video contains two arguments I’d like to address. They’re not supported by the evidence available to the public, or general research on the elements that make this case unique.