Thursday, March 12, 2020
Of Fear, Violence, and Viruses
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On September 11, 2001, I was scheduled to fly from South Bend, Indiana, to Augusta, Georgia for my grandmother's 80th birthday celebrati...
Sunday, August 20, 2017
Speaking Truths to Ourselves--On Charlottesville
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I have hardly been able to look at the images from my home state this last week. I grieve for what we have become, and I don’t understand h...
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Friday, May 8, 2015
Some Thoughts about Anger and Oppression
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"Male and female stand opposed within a primordial Mitsein , and woman has not broken it. The couple is a fundamental unity with its ...
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Can we be sad anymore?
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"Sorrow is the ultimate type both in Life and Art. Behind Joy and Laughter there may be a temperament, coarse, hard and callous. But be...
Saturday, April 12, 2014
An Exquisite Contradiction
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“He burns with spiritual intensity—and he desperately wants to be something in the eyes of the world. An exquisite contradiction, because w...
Friday, March 21, 2014
On Speaking in Code
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I recount to you a fable, told me lately by a friend. The meeting had been called to discuss a Technique. Strictly speaking, techniques serv...
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Saturday, October 26, 2013
The Quantified Self: Some Thoughts from the 17th Century
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We geeks love to track stuff, and put numbers on the stuff we track. We humans love to think about ourselves. So, it should be no surprise ...
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