Poverty program stirs Rappahannock county tensions
In Rappahannock County a federal food aid push, sparked by the 1960 census figures and carried out through USDA personnel, creates local debate. Newbill Miller and Garfield Burke become involved as eligibility supervisor Charlie Lewis quits. Jimmy Falls helps run the food center while residents weigh principle against need and biases.
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Newbill Miller
Atlanta
Newbill
Board of Supervisors
Rappahannock County
Jimmy Falls
Jimmy
USDA
Garfield Burke
Federals
T.C. Lea
Little Washington
Big Washington
D.C
Charlie Lewis
The Disasters of War by Francisco Goya
Dover prints The Spanish Insurrection of 1808 and Peninsular War horrors later forming Goya’s famed The Disaster of War. Intense etchings of murders and executions by Napoleon’s soldiers, made 1810 to 1820, published 1863. updated with extra prints and Harvard intro.
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Francisco Goya
Dover
Joseph Bonaparte
Napoleon
Goya
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Philip Hofer
Harvard University Library Department of Fine Arts
Starlings and Blackbirds Fearsome Disease Carriers
University of Iowa researchers propose a distress call method to drive roosting starlings and blackbirds from crowded areas. By playing a captured bird’s shriek nightly for three evenings, flocks reportedly relocate permanently, reducing histoplasmosis risk. The finding appears in the Journal of the Iowa Medical Society.
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University of Iowa
Iowa
The
Journal of the
Iowa Medical Society
Government Guaranteed Jobs Would Break Down Expected Outcomes
A Gallup poll shows 36 percent favor a universal wage guarantee while 58 percent oppose. When asked about guaranteeing work to ensure about 60 dollars weekly, 78 percent support. The piece argues governments would have to create and assign undesired, high cost jobs, drawing workers from private labor, making the state the first employer rather than last resort. It notes practical difficulties and potential poor incentives.
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Gallup
Repeal of Federal Minimum Wage Seen as Key Fix
Henry Hazlitt argues that guaranteed jobs programs create useless work and misbehavior among workers. He cites a July riot outside New York City Hall over summer job cutbacks, followed by a sudden $5 million City funding pledge. He says removing the federal minimum wage could unlock real unskilled and teen employment.
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New York
City Hall
New York Times
John Lindsay
Followers Distort Great Thinkers After Their Death
The piece notes that enemies of great thinkers in life are those who disagree, but after death the worst foes are often their own followers. It cites Marx and Freud as examples, suggesting posthumous misinterpretation and misapplication of their ideas.
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Marx
Freud
Ideas Distortions Of Marx Freud And Dewey In Modern Thought
Sydney Harris argues that founders like Marx Freud Dewey and James are distorted by followers who weaponize their ideas. He notes Marxism Leninism and various schools misselect aspects to suit private ideologies while Freud is mischaracterized as pansexual. He speculates Jesus would be appalled by institutional Christianity.
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Jimmy
Garfield
Woodville Baptist Church
Burke
Feds
Atlanta
Freud
John Dewey
William James
Pavlov
Jesus
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