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Monthly Archives: February 2018
Venezuela’s Civilization is Over: What Lessons Have We Learned?
Civilization is a fragile thing. Mostly because it is made up almost entirely of people. And people are a mess. Sure, people build monumental buildings or make epic discoveries; they create melodious music and beautiful works of art. Philosophers examine … Continue reading
Why Read the Classics?
It is important for us to read the classics! “Why?” you ask. “Why should I read the classics? Isn’t reading about pleasure, about what I enjoy? I enjoy Harry Potter so much more than The Brothers Karamazov. I move so … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Literature, philosophy, Uncategorized
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Loose Molecules: What Has Ended and What Comes Next…
“There once was a specter stalking the hazy hot corners of our world,” they will say. “For a time it even stalked Europe, America – and presidents blanched, parliamentarians locked their doors at night. Embassies built high their walls; we … Continue reading
The Mango Rains
The air hangs heavy, electric in the evening; lightning chases around clouds that do not yet release their rain while the wind whips the dust in a flurry. They are not ready, they are preparing – gathering energy and purpose … Continue reading
The Inferno of the Living
There’s a cyclicalness to the world that makes us uncomfortable. We in the west prefer to think that things are neatly stacked, one idea upon another in a glorious edifice of success; eschewing the crumbling waste which is not to … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Literature, Uncategorized
Tagged art, Italo Calvino, Kublai Khan, Literature
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On Money and the Miserly
It was a lazy week in the sleepy suburbs of a West African capital, and I was bored, attending as I had been a conference on something or something else. The lulling drones of the presenters hyphenated by breaks – … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Liberty, philosophy, Uncategorized
Tagged Christmas, Dickens, Money
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