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This weblog is for course announcements, readings, reading questions, and updates. But the main purpose of this blog is to advance discussion of topics raised in the readings and in class. Often people who are shy find it difficult to contribute in class and even more often you may think of a point or a question after class is over or after we have moved on to a different topic. This blog is the place to raise that point or question. In fact, additional credit is available for substantive blog posts and for substantive comments on blog posts. If you so choose, your identity on the blog will be unknown to anyone but me. So feel free to ask or discuss whatever (course-related) is on your mind!