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David Stairs. I don’t know how else to put this: It seems that the people of Israel learned nothing from the Holocaust. The current Israeli government, led by corruption riddled war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu, is dead set upon extending what the Palestinians call “al Nakba,” the 1948 catastrophe that displaced many of them,...

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David Stairs Blackhole visualization by NASA The first photographic image taken of the super massive black hole at the center of Messier 87 by the Event Horizon Telescope was released in 2019. We finally had verifiable visual proof of their existence,...

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David Stairs Sometimes it takes a minute. By that I am referring to the 20-years it took me to get this book out. The design establishment is not very interested in Africa except as a potential market. I know this because of the discernible yawn my project proposals elicited from any of the design publishers I approached....

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David Stairs Classic tubular chrome “Barbershop” lounge chair The design history course I’ve taught for nearly 30 years has been referred to as “the chair class.” That has a lot to do with our species’ need to work and relax in a seated position,...

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David Stairs Driving back from three weeks out west I was struck by how hysterical the society we’ve built for ourselves has become. This was my 28th continental crossing. I moved to Michigan thirty years ago, and have made an annual pilgrimage back to Oregon to see family and check on property there ever since....

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