FEATURED BLOG FROM THE EDITORS OF PURPLE STATE
One of the most profound pleasures of my life has been reaching across the aisle to John Marks at PurpleStateofMind.com. Almost everything about this project was experimental and accidental. It started with John's phone call, inviting me to take a look back at where we were as roommates at Davidson College...More
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MUTANTS AND MYSTICS: A Mind-Growing Trip
How many kids reading comics, envision themselves flying? They may imagine making that single bound off the roof of their home, only to land with a deflating thud (and maybe even a broken arm)? Mutant and Mystics is a throwback to a time when comics and sci-fi first expanded our notion of what’s possible, when adolescent dreams were fueled by the visions of Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and Philip K...More
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PURPLE STATE OF MIND: A Farewell To Arms
by JOHN MARKS States are funny things. One minute, they're real, the next a memory. Purple State Of Mind barely registered as a thought in a few thousand minds, never found its way onto a map and had no claim whatsoever to legitimacy. Yet somehow, for four remarkable years, from October 2007 to December 2011, it came to have a life of its own...More
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I looked and looked for a video of these touching moments to share with you if you didn’t catch Tuesday night’s State of the Union, but I couldn’t find one. So I’m sharing this video as an introduction. You can see Congressman Flake at Giffords’ left in the first half of the video below. Last [...]
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Azarenka Wins Australian Open Women's Title
Victoria Azarenka beat Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 Saturday to win the Australian Open and take over the women’s No. 1 ranking.
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January Seeing Above-Average Tornado Action
Month could wind up as third busiest for January tornadoes.
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‘Witch torture’ trial: Hair cut to ‘release kindoki’
A man accused of killing a teenage boy he thought was a witch cut the hair of a young woman to "release the witchcraft", the Old Bailey has heard.
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Arts & Letters Daily (27 Jan 2012)
Should philosophy ask questions but not give answers? "No. It can't be!" says Alain de Botton. "Civilization should transmit the best ideas"... more Miscarriages of justice almost always suit somebody. That was the case in France in the 1890s. Many had a lot to gain from Alfred Dreyfus's conviction... more Persecution and civilization. Police states, dirty wars, ethnic cleansing, renditions, fatwas, surveillance: The Inquisition built the modern world... more
