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Creating a self and world through reading original ↗

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Hope in times of despair original ↗

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The burden of advertising original ↗

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The wonder of a child original ↗

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Vanity, vanity everywhere original ↗

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Active reading original ↗

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One's universe is built on trust original ↗

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Reading alters the reader original ↗

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Wrapping up a life of reading original ↗

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Balancing physical work with intellectual work original ↗

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Taking note (as in note-taking) can change oneself and the world original ↗

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Human fragility original ↗

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Ephemerality original ↗

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Tribal nationalism original ↗

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Writing abstracts the embodied concrete original ↗

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How many words does it take?original ↗

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Joe Biden 2024: Should he stay or go?original ↗

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Search Engine Optimization original ↗

30 Jun 2024

Forgiveness and creativity original ↗

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Stability in an unstable and destabalizing world original ↗

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Life is embodied network original ↗

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Political parties and polarization original ↗

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Sophisms past and present original ↗

21 Jun 2024

Note to self: Topics and themes to think about original ↗

20 Jun 2024

Reading Arendt and Solnit original ↗

5 Jun 2024

The power of conversation (and hope)original ↗

15 May 2024

The power of hope original ↗

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Remembering my mother original ↗

12 May 2024

Living without a home original ↗

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Too many details, not enough story original ↗

5 Apr 2024

Missing the story for the details original ↗

5 Apr 2024

Live and let live original ↗

28 Mar 2024

On studying Kant original ↗

17 Mar 2024

Chance meetings and the forming of an identity original ↗

13 Mar 2024

The more refined the error, the more obscured the truth original ↗

17 Feb 2024

Cars and the trolley problem original ↗

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A perspective on the moment original ↗

23 Dec 2023

Depressing utopias original ↗

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Will you join me at the ActivityPub?original ↗

21 Dec 2023

Where do we go when we retire?original ↗

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The danger of political parties original ↗

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Culture, the world, and fictive constructions original ↗

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More thoughts about the NTBR pile original ↗

19 Dec 2023

The cost of speaking the truth original ↗

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Bookstores, value and scarcity original ↗

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From the TBR pile to the NTBR pile original ↗

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September to November Reading original ↗

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September to November Reading original ↗

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To die is to pass into fiction original ↗

7 Dec 2023

Emerging mysteries with aging original ↗

30 Nov 2023

Parts of a whole original ↗

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5 Nov 2023

Witticism as Criticism original ↗

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The risks of freedom original ↗

31 Oct 2023

Remembering Joe Stamey original ↗

30 Oct 2023

On (not) reading Kant original ↗

25 Oct 2023

A 'Good Society' supports dutiful action original ↗

10 Oct 2023

Stories make a life original ↗

30 Sept 2023

There's reading, and then there's reading original ↗

16 Sept 2023

Reading Plan: September through November 2023 original ↗

7 Sept 2023

The fuzzy line between fiction and non-fiction original ↗

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It takes as long as it takes original ↗

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Summer reading recap original ↗

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Summer reading recap original ↗

3 Sept 2023

Happiness as by-product rather than end original ↗

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Freedom to chew over odd ideas original ↗

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The worst of times, the best of times original ↗

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Why study philosophy?original ↗

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Confronting again the question why do I blog original ↗

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Wondering about wondering original ↗

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Arendt, Kant, and Judgment original ↗

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Social insecurities and FOMO, 1954 version original ↗

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Grief and regret original ↗

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The bonds of reading original ↗

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Making a reading plan original ↗

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The practice of writing original ↗

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Respecting tradition at the Holocaust Museum original ↗

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On turning 70 original ↗

26 Jul 2023

The Past in the Present original ↗

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Smells of the past original ↗

16 Jul 2023

The companionship in reading original ↗

16 Jul 2023

The benefits of luck original ↗

10 Jul 2023

Living in the current crisis original ↗

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Crises, past and present original ↗

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20 books of summer update original ↗

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20 books of summer update original ↗

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