"This is indeed," the Adams Sentinel in Gettysburg, Pa., proclaimed on Feb. 24, 1830, "the age of improvement." The proclamation was part of a story about the Moral Encyclopaedia, a set of self-teaching books by a writer identified as "Charles Varle, Esq. of Baltimore." An advocate of autodidacticism and good old American self-reliance, Varle explains in the introduction to the third, long-windedly titled volume — Varlé's Self-instructor, No. 3, in Literature, Duties of Life, and Rules of Good Breeding: Interspersed with Popular Quotations, Mottos, Maxims, and Adages, in Latin and Other Languages : Also with the French Words Generally Met with in Newspapers, and Works of Taste and Fancy, Faithfully Translated -- that he got the idea of writing an instructional book from Thomas Jefferson.

Demitra “Mimi” Roche, who appeared on the Oxygen reality show “Bad Girls Club,” has died. She was 34. Roche’s colleague, record producer Vince Valholla, announced her death via Twitter on Wednesday. Valholla is the founder of Valholla Entertainment in Miami, Fla., where Roche had worked as vice president of A&R since 2011. “I’m at a loss for words. Don’t know what to say,” Valholla wrote in his post. “Mimi was kind to everyone she came across.

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Stand-up Bert Kreischer chronicles the journey behind his megapopular joke. Bert Kreischer. Photo: Troy Conrad/Netflix Bert Kreischer. Excerpts of this interview were originally published along with the Good One podcast episode’s release on November 10, 2020. We are republishing a longer version of the interview today timed to the release of Kreischer’s movie, The Machine. Things involving Bert Kreischer can take on a mythic quality. That doesn’t just include the stories he tells in his stand-up, like the time he got involved with the Russian mafia, but the stories behind those stories.

Craigslist, the free online classified ads site, is moving to small cities and towns across the country. Now, the newspapers in those places will have to compete with Craigslist for classified ads, and that has some of them worried. Related NPR Stories ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7r7zRZ6arn19nfXGEjmlsaGpnZIZxhJNpcHFsX6OyuL%2FPmqeeqqNir7Otwp5kn6eiYq6lecGaq62klWKutHnCq5iin6OhtrTAjKCpqK%2Bj

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Readers' reviewsRihannaThe best of your comments on the latest film and musicThe raunch culture is corrosive and damaging to women," asserted dorothyherself beneath last week's piece by Charlotte Richardson Andrews about Rihanna's S&M video, and the pernicious effects of oversexualisation. "It presents women as objects to be fucked, which is also how most porn presents women. Sex, on the other hand, is lovely." Dorothy was objecting to those who argued that the pop industry presents men in just as overtly sexualised a way as women.

"Phoebe Snow, a singer, guitarist and songwriter whose song Poetry Man was a defining hit of the 1970s, has died," The Associated Press reports. According to the wire service, "Rick Miramontez, her longtime friend and public relations representative, says Snow died Tuesday morning. He says she died of complications from a brain hemorrhage she suffered in January 2010." The AP adds that: "Shortly after Snow's Poetry Man reached No. 5 on the pop singles chart in 1975, her daughter was born with severe brain damage.

While hip hop has a history of anti-establishment and progressive politics, hip hop media is taking an increasingly conservative turn. Host Brittany Luse is joined by Rolling Stone staff writer Andre Gee to discuss one of the most influential current stars of hip hop media — DJ Akademiks — and what his conservative provocations and visibility say about changes in the rap landscape. Later, Brittany chats with actor, producer, and cabaret singer Bridget Everett about season two of her show, Somebody Somewhere on HBO.

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