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Photogrammar: An historical treasure trove

This photograph, shot in April 1943 by Marjorie Collins, is part of a delightful & important project in which more than 100,000 images – taken from 1935-1944 by photographers working the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information – … Continue reading

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Funny sign

Glover Road, Langley, BC, near Kwantlen Polytechnic University. (cross-posted at basil.CA)

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“No Fireworks on the Fourth of July?”

Virginia Postrel‘s book The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress, published in 1999, has long been one of my favourite libertarian works: smart, funny, level-headed (that is, not dogmatic). Her more recent work has focused on … Continue reading

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