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De Nihilo Nihil: What lessons poverty?
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Monday, January 12, 2015. I'm in my second of three weeks traveling with and teaching a group of undergraduates from the University. We've taken a number of trips and done some service work. Unsurprisingly, we've seen a lot of poverty here. And, though what we have seen does not approach the poorest of the poor, we have seen and talked to and spent time with people whose lives are vastly different to our own. First, something good: Our material possessions don't guarantee happiness. It is possible to...
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De Nihilo Nihil: 01/01/2014 - 02/01/2014
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Sunday, January 19, 2014. Do I represent the human condition? Last year I had the pleasure to teach a class on 20th Century Continental Philosophy. I’m not sure that I have an area of expertise, but Continental philosophy certainly isn’t it. The class involved me having to learn and read a lot of new things. And, I cheated a little by starting with reading Nietzsche—I mean, he almost made it into the 20th Century, right? Among the things we read was Sartre’s novel Nausea. You see this when a student̵...
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De Nihilo Nihil: 01/01/2015 - 02/01/2015
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Saturday, January 31, 2015. There's nothing more American than not vaccinating your children. We treat the anti-vaccine crowd as if they were an aberration. But they aren't outliers. They are the natural endpoint of two very strong and very American tendencies: distrust of all authorities and hierarchies; and, the belief that we are each responsible for ourselves. GMOs—leave aside other concerns people might have. It doesn't matter. I just know. I am an American. Links to this post. In addition to the gu...
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De Nihilo Nihil: 04/01/2015 - 05/01/2015
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Wednesday, April 01, 2015. I love you, but I'm worried about your immortal soul. I'm not going to wade into a lengthy debate about whether laws purporting to "restore" religious liberties are really licenses to discriminate. I suspect that, in the current context, they are. No one seemed upset about catering or providing flowers for repeat trips to the altar in the past, but what do I know? How different is that, at the end of the day, from those who merely want to save me from my own perfidious ways?
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De Nihilo Nihil: A draft of a sketch of an idea for a paper
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Saturday, July 04, 2015. A draft of a sketch of an idea for a paper. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Blogs Worth Reading (Friends and others. I See What You Mean. Sarcastic Thoughts of a Self-Important iBear. A draft of a sketch of an idea for a paper. View my complete profile. FEEDJIT Live Traffic Map.
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De Nihilo Nihil: 09/01/2014 - 10/01/2014
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Sunday, September 07, 2014. Why I can't be trusted with a gun. So, I went in to get my phone and called the police. I explained what was going on—loudly, as my adrenaline levels were up—and he walked away, having heard me describe him to the dispatcher. As he walked away, yelling, he stripped off identifying clothing. But, what if I had had something else in my house? What if I could have gone in to get a gun rather than my phone? Of course, he didn't. The vast majority of people who get in arguments...
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De Nihilo Nihil: So happy, but so many shotguns
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Thursday, January 29, 2015. So happy, but so many shotguns. Restaurants post signs warning that you are not allowed to smoke or bring in pets or come in armed. The assumption seems to be that many customers would otherwise be packing. In addition to the guards and concerns about armed diners, broken-glass or razor wire or electrified fencing tops most walls and the boundaries between roofs, not only in the commercial but also in residential districts. They are so happy, why worry about how poor they are?
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De Nihilo Nihil: 11/01/2014 - 12/01/2014
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Friday, November 07, 2014. Notes toward a mid-life crisis. Whatever the specifics, the judgment was always the same. I was taught that this was the sloughing off of a person’s commitments and, not only wrong, but beyond understanding. To the young legalist, surrounded by his Stoic elders, this judgment felt exactly right. I may have gotten older and more experienced—not wiser. 8212;in the ways of the world, but the judgment and lack of understanding remained. How could anyone do this? Until middle age so...
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De Nihilo Nihil: 06/01/2015 - 07/01/2015
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Saturday, June 20, 2015. You're fine, how am I? Equally surprising is that I discover this mood the same way my husband does, through my actions and behaviors, and not through some privileged access I have. The internal reflection, often as not, comes from the recognition birthed by action. Links to this post. Sunday, June 07, 2015. Just a minute, I'm checking my phone. I’m in no position to judge her. I have no reason to believe she is a bad parent or a bad person. And, except when I babys...I am also n...
