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October 2009: Richard Serra Redux
“Sculptures at LAPD’s New Home Likened to ‘Cow Splat,’” by Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, Oct. 21, 2009.

As luck would have it, the nearly completed LAPD headquarters is right outside my office window, so I've been bird-dogging the project from Day One to make sure taxpayers don't... ...; “Not Caused By The Game”
“Dementia Risk Seen in Players in N.F.L. Study,” The New York Times, Sept. 30, 2009.

A study commissioned by the National Football League reports that Alzheimer’s disease or similar memory-related diseases appear to have been diagnosed in the league’s former players vastly more often than in the national... ...; The Natanz Project
“Nuclear Debate Brews: Is Iran Designing Warheads?” The New York Times, Sept. 29, 2009.

Uranium enrichment — the process of turning raw uranium into reactor or bomb fuel — is only one part of building a nuclear weapon, though it is the most difficult step. The two remaining... ...; The Rough Reader
“The Demise of Great Books,” by John Davidson, The Daily Texan, Sept. 23, 2009.

The latest chapter in the long, depressing story of classical liberal education in America is unfolding here in Austin, where the University of Texas has recently snuffed out a nascent Great Books program.

The... ...

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