Kinder Words by Justin August

Justin August is a 28 year old aspiring educator. He also dabbles in web wizardry and music journalism at Punknews. Also a proponent of gardens (urban and rural), bikes and the disenfranchised. He's been known to build a house or two. He's from West Virginia, and lives in Philadelphia after stints in Oakland, San Francisco and those months of winter on the Jersey Shore.

He has the cutest two cats in the world.

Put Up or Shut Up →

Roger Ebert:

Our political immune system has only one antibody, and that is the truth.

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Obama administration: "Piracy is flat, unadulterated theft" →

US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke went to Nashville yesterday to address a symposium on intellectual property enforcement, and he threw down the gauntlet: the Obama administration will…

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First day of school!!

First day of school!!

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The Emperor’s New Pose →

exaltation - disumbrationism

In 1924, irritated with the undiscerning faddishness of modern art criticism, Los Angeles novelist Paul Jordan Smith “made up my mind that critics would praise anything unintelligible.”

So…

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Back by Popular Demand →

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The Gravel Racer is available again. Operators are standing by. Photo by Chris Milliman

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Be unbeatable →

Kamikaze pilot Masanobu Kuno wrote a farewell letter to his young son and daughter the day before he flew to his death in the Battle of Okinawa. From the translation:

Your father will become a…

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He is legend →

In a 31-square-mile area in Brazil that is off limits to logging companies, the sole survivor of an uncontacted tribe lives. All by himself.

Advanced societies invariably have subsumed whatever…

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Sugary bottled teas strip out antioxidants, health benefits →

A presentation at the American Chemical Society’s national meeting indicates that bottled teas contain less of the chemicals that give tea its health benefits when compared to…

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The secrets of Trader Joe's →

Privately held Trader Joe’s is highly secretive and doesn’t do interviews, so Fortune did some digging around to see what makes the retail chain such a success.

A ringing bell instead of an…

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What's the difference between khakis and chinos, and in what situations would each be suitable? Which is better-suited to wear with a button-down shirt and sport coat? →

Let’s get this straight once and for all.

Khaki is a color. It’s the color of desert sand.

Chinos are a type of pants. They’re often khaki colored.

In the US, it’s common to refer to…

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