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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic: September 2008
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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic. In spite of the infinite chances against a letter's reaching its destination without a definite address" - Hawthorne, 1859. Thursday, September 18, 2008. We Don't Need No Education? David Brooks has written another insightful editorial piece on the current state of the election campaign, and the issues involved therein. I strongly encourage you to read the whole article. It would seem that the high of the convention, however, has left Brooks with a lingering hangover about...
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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic: October 2008
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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic. In spite of the infinite chances against a letter's reaching its destination without a definite address" - Hawthorne, 1859. Monday, October 6, 2008. I Ain't No Monkey, But I Know What I Like. Much has happened since I blogged last. However, the major development that is most on my mind at this moment happens to be something quite frivolous, and thus quite worthy of a frivolous blog post. Buckets of Rain," Bob Dylan. Harvest," Neil Young. Little Green," Joni Mitchell.
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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic: We Don't Need No Education?
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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic. In spite of the infinite chances against a letter's reaching its destination without a definite address" - Hawthorne, 1859. Thursday, September 18, 2008. We Don't Need No Education? David Brooks has written another insightful editorial piece on the current state of the election campaign, and the issues involved therein. I strongly encourage you to read the whole article. It would seem that the high of the convention, however, has left Brooks with a lingering hangover about...
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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic: Old Mother Reagan
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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic. In spite of the infinite chances against a letter's reaching its destination without a definite address" - Hawthorne, 1859. Sunday, September 14, 2008. If you haven't seen this video yet, you need to watch it. Probably one of the best political satire pieces SNL has done. Certainly among the best from the current election. Back with more forwarded letters later this week, perhaps. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Like a patient etherised upon a table. Time Has Told Me.
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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic: March 2008
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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic. In spite of the infinite chances against a letter's reaching its destination without a definite address" - Hawthorne, 1859. Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Almost cut my hair. (Actually, I did cut my hair, two weeks ago.). People should admire our way of life but they should at the same time find it understandable.". Seneca raises a difficult problem here. On the one hand, it seems that we should want to live out the ideal good. One ought to seek perfection, right? I guess this i...
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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic: May 2008
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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic. In spite of the infinite chances against a letter's reaching its destination without a definite address" - Hawthorne, 1859. Thursday, May 15, 2008. I don't know when that road turned into the road I'm on. There is a monument in Mt. Olive, Illinois. Who was apparently an important labor organizer in the early 1900s. (Later in the week, I ran across an interesting article/illustration in a magazine named after Mother Jones. About the ever-expanding size of the American Dream.
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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic: August 2008
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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic. In spite of the infinite chances against a letter's reaching its destination without a definite address" - Hawthorne, 1859. Monday, August 4, 2008. Another extended absence. Inexcusable. Whatever the case, I ran across a passage from Marcus Aurelius's. Which I found to be representative of the time I've spent away from the computer and academic work this summer with my grandparents. So, I send a few passages along to you. Let them fertilize your soul as they may. Subscribe...
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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic: April 2008
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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic. In spite of the infinite chances against a letter's reaching its destination without a definite address" - Hawthorne, 1859. Wednesday, April 30, 2008. The Kids Are Alright. For one of my term papers this semester, I've had the opportunity to sift through a real treat of seventeenth-century Puritan vitriol: William Prynne's massive Histrio-Mastix. Oh, for public discourse so enjoyable to read! 160;Not even Ann Coulter. 160;stands a comparison. . I really wish I knew what ...
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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic: Pigs (Three Different Ones)
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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic. In spite of the infinite chances against a letter's reaching its destination without a definite address" - Hawthorne, 1859. Friday, June 20, 2008. Pigs (Three Different Ones). It's been another long hiatus. But, I have finally had a few minutes of free high-speed online time, so I thought I'd put up a new post. For this post, I want to forward a recent editorial, "The Two Obamas,". By David Brooks (on Barack. And recent developments in the election campaign. Campaign makes...
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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic: I Ain't No Monkey, But I Know What I Like
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Forwarded Letters from a Stoic. In spite of the infinite chances against a letter's reaching its destination without a definite address" - Hawthorne, 1859. Monday, October 6, 2008. I Ain't No Monkey, But I Know What I Like. Much has happened since I blogged last. However, the major development that is most on my mind at this moment happens to be something quite frivolous, and thus quite worthy of a frivolous blog post. Buckets of Rain," Bob Dylan. Harvest," Neil Young. Little Green," Joni Mitchell.
