delanceyplace archive

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Daily Excerpt Subject
multitasking impedes creativity -- 7/31/15
the colt revolver -- 7/30/15
birds and ants -- 7/29/15
teddy roosevelt in panama -- 7/28/15
elephant breeding -- 7/27/15
new ideas take time -- 7/24/15
the godfather, brando, and coppola -- 7/23/15
the lives of our hunter-gatherer ancestors -- 7/22/15
british boarding schools -- 7/21/15
the thing that makes human beings unique -- 7/20/15
the british occupy philadelphia -- 7/17/15
philippe and the knights templar -- 7/16/15
a viking burial -- 7/15/15
creating is hard work, not magic -- 7/14/15
the age of the pyramid -- 7/13/15
henry clay and the "american system" -- 7/10/15
the myth of mass panic -- 7/9/15
gershwin, rodgers, porter, kern, and berlin -- 7/08/15
the great diamond rush -- 7/7/15
the legacy of genghis khan -- 7/6/15
pollen is food -- 7/3/15
curbing democracy -- 7/2/15
the suez canal -- 7/1/15