(Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 07/12/20 6:31 am)
When commenting on my post of 10 July, our esteemed moderator wrote: "We should talk about 'Modern Iconoclasm.'"
John also asked if I could ask my wife Mariarosa to explain t
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(Bienvenido Macario, USA, 07/12/20 3:59 am)
At one time in California only 9% of the COVID-19 deaths did NOT have a prior medical condition. However the front lines face great risks dealing with the virus. COVID-19 + obesity = high risk of
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(David A. Westbrook, USA, 07/11/20 4:56 am)
I was joshing with John E when I wrote him off-Forum that he messed up everything about my WAIS post of July 8th.
John touched, however, on a few points about the anthropology of the contempor
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(Rodolfo Neirotti, USA, 07/11/20 3:43 am)
As usual, I very much enjoyed Tor Guimaraes's post (July 7th) listing what I would call the "6 Commandments" to remove Trump and political leaders from the decision-making process that s
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(Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 07/10/20 5:14 am)
John E asked if I had visited the RSI cemetery in Nettuno, south of Rome.
Each April 25th I attend the ceremony at the RSI Cemetery in Altare near my Savona home. Originally th
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(Paul Pitlick, USA, 07/10/20 4:20 am)
When commenting on my post of yesterday, JE asked, "What is the present mood in California?"
I can't speak for everyone, and we have been under quarantine for almost 4 months, bu
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(George Aucoin, France, 07/09/20 5:24 am)
Could Dr Paul Pitlick address two topics for our edification with regard to COVID-19?
One would be the epidemic topic of "herd immunity" and the other would be the related concept of t
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(Enrique Torner, USA, 07/09/20 3:52 am)
American University of Paris has published a memorial to WAIS patriarch David W Pike:
https://www.aup.edu/n
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(David A. Westbrook, USA, 07/08/20 5:05 am)
In his last two WAIS posts, Gary Moore raises problems at the core of the contemporary preoccupation with "security." My buddy Mark Maguire (Dean of Social Sciences at the National Universi
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(Paul Pitlick, USA, 07/08/20 4:25 am)
In response to George Aucoin (July 7th), I think that one has to be a bit careful citing a single number for COVID deaths. While it is true that there were 261 deaths in the US on July 5th, that
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