Daily Archives: May 12, 2024

Decoding Dan Rather (5-12-24)

01:00 Dan Rather, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Rather07:00 Did the press uncover watergate? https://www.commentary.org/articles/edward-epstein-3/did-the-press-uncover-watergate/09:00 Netflix documentary on civil rights, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14897611:00 The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties–A Conversation with Author Christopher Caldwell, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36-nBl5uBmc20:00 Women, mediocrity and excellence, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=12913225:00 The Age of Entitlement: America … Continue reading

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Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don’t Talk about It)

Philosopher Elizabeth Anderson writes in this 2017 book: * Walmart prohibits employees from exchanging casual remarks while on duty, calling this “time theft.” Apple inspects the personal belongings of their retail workers, who lose up to a half – hour … Continue reading

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