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Highlights

  • Abelard castrated
  • Byzantine wife saves husband
  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
  • Empress Theodora: woman leader
  • Tristan & Isuet
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
  • New Modern Sexism Scale

citizen journalism

Being a journalist on the Internet means caring about your community and communicating openly about what you see and hear.

young dog stuck with old media

With the development of new media, dogs should no longer be asked to fetch newspapers. … Read the post young dog stuck with old media

complex-currency economies

The U.S. had a highly complex currency system early in the nineteenth century. Can a modern, high-income economy survive with such a currency system? … Read the post complex-currency economies

disinvesting in public data is bad economics

Public data is key infrastructure for informed democracy and a vibrant economy in the twenty-first century. … Read the post disinvesting in public data is bad economics

graffiti out of the time stream

The Internet now provides unlimited, unnoticed public space. Graffiti on an out-of-the-way wall is as strange today as a print newspaper. … Read the post graffiti out of the time stream

deadly sex discrimination in Titanic chivalry myth reporting

Endorsing violence against men for not privileging women is a modern form of chivalry so widely accepted that it passes almost without notice. … Read the post deadly sex discrimination in Titanic chivalry myth reporting

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