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Who was I? and other inappropriate attentions / December 4, 2014 / 2 Comments

Who was I? and other inappropriate attentions.

Lately I have been posting stories on Wattpad about events and adventures in my past.  These stories focus on what happened,…

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Whoever you are, I love you / October 8, 2014 / Leave a comment

The merely individual, subjective claim to dignity is an empty academic game, or madness. Jean Améry

The NYT interview with Edward Baptist ends with a mention of how upsetting it could be to research the violence…

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Driving under the influence of Dunkin' Donuts / October 7, 2014 / Leave a comment

Don’t eat the spoiled food, says the Buddha. It belongs to your host.

As we have seen Jean Améry wants to move beyond talk of guilt and demanding atonement. Despite his refusal to…

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I will miss you / September 23, 2014 / 3 Comments

Forgiving is not about or for the other person, until it is.

Reversing time is not the only paradox about forgiving.  When we forgive someone, we are not doing it for the…

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I will miss you / September 22, 2014 / 1 Comment

To forgive is to reverse time.

Just as remembering the future changes time, so does forgiving.  We are often advised to begin with forgiving ourselves, but…

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I will miss you / September 18, 2014 / Leave a comment

Sometimes we remember the future

Tomorrow it will be five years since we saw The Milkmaid at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  I don’t want…

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Whoever you are, I love you / September 9, 2014 / Leave a comment

Calvary

Brendan Gleeson has played many thugs in his career, but at least in his movies with John Michael McDonagh he…

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Whoever you are, I love you / August 30, 2014 / 1 Comment

Dignity

Laura Hillenbrand describes Louis Zamperini’s struggle to survive the torments of Japanese POW camps as “stubborn retention” of his dignity. …

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Driving under the influence of Dunkin' Donuts / August 26, 2014 / Leave a comment

Sophie’s Fallacy

The term “Sophie’s Choice” has become part of the language.  Sometimes it’s misapplied to difficult decisions.  Sometimes to morally complex…

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The three kiss-offs / August 10, 2014 / 1 Comment

When do we begin to hurt?

When I posted “Pain, sensation, suffering and self” on my Tricycle blog, I introduced it with the question, “When does…

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