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Monthly Archives: October 2026
Campus Life at
Five American Universities
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Interesting Read
via The New York Times:
The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way.
by Oren Cass
published on February 6, 2026
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Campus Life at the
University of Dundee
Campus Life at the
University of Tampa
Midday Music Fix
Pearl Jam – Alive
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Admiral Mike Mullen was born
on this day in 1946
Mike Mullen – the American four-star admiral who served as the 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 28th Chief of Naval Operations – was born on this day – October 4, 1946 – in Los Angeles, California.
He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, the Naval Postgraduate School, and Harvard Business School.
Admiral Mullen is a visiting professor at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.
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Campus Life at the
University of Kentucky
Quote, Unquote
Almost thirty years later, a tenant living in one of Fred Trump’s first major developments, the Beach Haven apartment complex, in Brooklyn, was so disturbed by the racial discrimination he observed from the management that he wrote a song about it. The song was called “Old Man Trump.” The tenant was Woody Guthrie.
~ Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark via The New Yorker
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Quote, Unquote
President Donald Trump did not erode U.S. capabilities on his own. But Trump’s war with Iran has revealed just how the underlying dynamics of global power have shifted—and just how much American might has decayed.
~ Phillips Payson O’Brien via The Atlantic
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