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  I am a graduate student in political science at the University of Dallas who thinks the media are dumb for the most part, yet am immersed myself. I am looking to break my addiction, and this blog is part of the solution: Why not try to see what the past can tell us about the present, as opposed to seeing what the present has to say about the present only?

  Currently residing in Cherry Hill, NJ. Myspace. Contact me.

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  1. Your blog is boring. Who cares what you think?

  1. If you've ever wondered why some authors were forced down your throat in high school, I've wondered that a lot myself, and learned a lot from them in the process.

  2. In addition to bad grammar, you make errors both historical and logical.

  2. I actually think that's a strength. I'm not publishing papers because I'd like to read with people who have real concern for the text first. There's no advantage to reading together if I already know everything.

  3. I like what you write, but my eyes are getting tired.

  3. If you subscribe via e-mail or feed reader, the entries look a lot better and are printable. I'll be putting a print option up soon.

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• Some of you have noticed that the Index isn’t up and running entirely yet. I’m working on it piece-by-piece.
• The most aggravating thing is changing every single link within posts that goes back to the Blogger blog. On a series like Plato’s “Crito,” 6 parts with 5 links per part, one going to every other part, that’s a minimum of 30 links.
• No search engine traffic whatsoever yet. I’m thinking the Blogger blog might have to be deleted sooner rather than later (Edit: this has just been done). Am submitting to small search engines right now.
• Any tips or advice or suggestions - give it now while I’m working on everything, please. Also: if you see any entries that are formatted badly, tell me, I’ll edit them right away. Thank you all so much.

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