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  • How learning about the Magna Carta in high school changed my life · Magna CartaKing Johnhistorypoliticslawhigh schoollibertylanded nobilitymonarchyDeclaration of IndependenceConstitutiondemocracy · Jun 13, 2015
  • Thoughts on Cuba while watching Cuban musicians performing the 1947 bolero "La gloria eres tú" · musicLatin musicLatin jazzjazzfluteCubapoliticsbolerocha-chasalsamerengueBuena Vista Social ClubSpanishErnesto LecuonaLa comparsaBobby RamirezJose NegroniLa gloria eres túSabor a mîBebo ValdésChucho ValdésLuis MiguelOlga GuillotElena BurkeMalena BurkeLena BurkeArturo SandovalLágrimas negrasAy Maria!Oye como vaTito PuenteÁlvaro CarrilloCayo CocoArletis Almeida · Dec 13, 2014
  • Some good science-based reading for Election Day, whether or not you voted · politicsvotingpsychologysociologyeconomics · Nov 4, 2014
  • How I avoid demotivating myself away from voting · politicsvotingPittsburghpsychology · Nov 1, 2014
  • Win ugly or lose pretty: do you agree? · politicspsychologycognitive bias · Oct 31, 2014
  • Why I voted yet again · politicsvotingPennsylvaniaPittsburgh · May 20, 2014
  • Reflections on Richard Wagner's 200th birthday: beautiful music without a future · musicRichard WagnerAdolf HitlerphilosophypoliticsFriedrich NietzschephilosophyJohannes BrahmsArnold SchönbergmodernismoperaWilhelm FurtwänglerGerman RomanticismLorin Maazelanti-Semitism · May 22, 2013
  • Voting in the face of election apathy · politicsvotingPennsylvaniaPittsburghmayor · May 21, 2013
  • I decided to resign myself to continue voting · politicsvotingPennsylvania · Nov 6, 2012
  • Obama is speaking outside my office window, so why did I stay home? · ObamapoliticsCarnegie Mellon Universityvoting · Jul 6, 2012
  • Today is Bill of Rights Day, the irony! · politicsUS ConstitutionSOPA · Dec 15, 2011
  • Censored · politicsfreedom · Nov 16, 2011
  • I don't know if I should vote but I did · politicsvotinglibraryreferendumPittsburgh · Nov 8, 2011
  • Why soda bans don't work · economicshealthdietsodapoliticscookies · Nov 7, 2011