Newsweek - television minus electricity


	Newsweek - television minus electricity

jklugman

7-6-2008 9:38 PM

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newsweek, time, media, abraham lincoln, charles darwin

jklugman says:

Read the whole piece by Scott McLemee.

The Newsweek article declared Lincoln the winner, by the way.

(full disclosure: I am a "Facebook friend" of McLemee's, which is to say, I'm not really a friend of his at all)

CLARIFICATION: He friended me after I signed up as a fan of his blog. Other than that we have had no personal contact at all.

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7-6-2008 9:55 PM

kmcolo

which is to say, I'm not really a friend of his at all

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