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Saturday, August 30, 2008
The Envelope-Opening Office
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John Adams, our nation's first Vice President, was said to have declared the office the most insignificant that man's imagination ha...
Friday, August 29, 2008
Thinking about Sexism
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Reading a great deal of the talk about Sarah Palin, McCain's choice for a running mate (a clever one, I think), I suddenly had a realiza...
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Idipsum
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Yesterday was the feast of St. Monica, and today is the feast of St. Augustine, her son, so here is Augustine's account of one of the mo...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
A Poem Draft
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Joy Joy in some is gold-caught emerald; in others it is sunlit grass. Some see it as the shapes that stay, but others as the songs that pass...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Leiter on the Profession
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I recently read Brian Leiter's The State of the Vocation and found I liked the argument. There's a caveat to that. I'm not real...
Monday, August 25, 2008
Nietzsche's Prayer
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I have firmly resolved within me to dedicate myself forever to His service. May the dear Lord give me strength and power to carry out my int...
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Two Poem Drafts
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Dream Even on this desert planet water can be found, dew in secret places, little pools by sheltering rocks; but the air is hot and dry with...
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