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joe perez
October 2008 
EQUAL Views for October 17, 2008
Posted on Oct 20th, 2008
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Every Quadrant Under a Lense. A look at self, culture, nature, and spirit...
| Inquiry: What's Going On? | |
 Lynn takes on the "Obama is an Alpha Male" meme. She says Obama's self-control and maturity appeal to women, though men--especially those who compete with Alpha Males in the dating market--might see "jerk". ... Michael Hussein Gregory sings snark, predicts McCain will win the state of desperation. ... Stanton Peele via WH: Nobody is a slave to addiction. "The most successful treatments are nonconfrontational approaches that allow self-propelled change." | The Caveman Diet: Ray Mears discusses the "Paleo" diet. Returns to hunter-gatherer fare: meat, seafood, fruit, vegetables, roots, nuts, and seeds; rejects agricultural-era and industrial-era innovations. ... The Oxytocin Factor: Psychologist says: "Which [candidate] makes you more comfortable? Comfortableness is a sign that oxytocin is being released, and that's the person you should vote for." |
| Sarah Palin has only been on the national scene for weeks, but she's already the most Orwellian speaker I can recall. ... Virginia GOP gives "Evil" a face. How the GOP probably Photoshopped an image. GOP leaders, especially McCain, must repudiate this indecency. But will they? ... Joe Klein on the most frightening eight words in the English language (it's the last sentence of his column). | Sign of the Times: You can buy a "TV Guide" at the supermarket for $2.99. But the magazine business itself just sold to a private equity fund for $1.00. ... The Economist: Paul Krugman the theorist still recognizable in Krugman the polemicist. ... Old Krugman: Economic gains from trade arise not from specialization, but from scale, competition and choice. His real achievement was in communicating more effectively than anyone else. |
| Holon of the Day: The Mirror | |
"EQUAL Views" is a Web column written by Joe Perez, usually published most weekdays at Joe-Perez.com.
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