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		<title>Economic inequality increases social problems: who&#8217;da thunkit?</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2010/02/economic-inequality-increases-social-problems-whoda-thunkit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And now, a brief interlude from all the Sherlockiana for a bit of politics and economics. After hearing a radio interview today about a fascinating new book, I&#8217;ve done a bit of digging and realized I may have come a bit late to the game, for—at least in England—this book has been gathering serious attention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why am I still a Star Trek fan?</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/05/why-am-i-still-a-star-trek-fan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 08:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My reaction to the new Star Trek movie led me to ask myself this unavoidable question. Yes, it&#8217;s certainly received a warm response—96% on the Tomatometer (which is phenomenal, even allowing that they inevitably mis-count some reviews like, e.g., the negative J.R. Jones piece I linked the other day) and a $76 million weekend box office—but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four key ingredients of good fiction</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/04/four-key-ingredients-of-good-fiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my personal opinion, naturally. YMMV. If this were in any way authoritative, it would have been carved in stone by a finger of flame.
But I have been pondering, of late, the sort of things I like to read and watch, and I find myself mulling over some commonalities. There seem to be four recurring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What I read:  the curse and blessing of genre</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2008/12/what-i-read-the-curse-and-blessing-of-genre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am, not to mince words, a voracious reader. (I&#8217;m not as fast a reader as I&#8217;d like, so voraciousness only gets me so far, but that&#8217;s another discussion.) My reading appetites are fairly diverse—I spend time with a good deal of nonfiction material (politics, history, science, philosophy, etc.)—but I&#8217;ve never stopped enjoying fiction, either.
A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Challenge</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2008/11/obamas-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 16th, I picked up a new book by Bob Kuttner (longtime political journalist and co-founder of The American Prospect), titled Obama&#8217;s Challenge. I seldom buy brand-new books at retail—I like to wait until I can get them discounted or used—but this one seemed very much of the moment.
Indeed, I concluded with amazement that [...]]]></description>
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