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On Becoming Sheepdogs, a Modern Fable
Posted on June 13, 2020 | 1 CommentEmail0Facebook1Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST Anchor.fm Spotify iTunes In the wake of recent events regarding the tragic death of George Floyd and the ensuing protests, this letter seems […]
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Are We Killing the Fat Man? The Corona Trolley Dilemma
Posted on April 18, 2020 | 14 CommentsEmail3Facebook4Twitter1Reddit2X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST SPOTIFY ITUNES ANCHOR.FM THE TROLLEY PROBLEM The Trolley thought experiment, first put forth by the philosopher Philippa Foot, pits two schools of moral thought […]
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For the Class of 2020 During the Pandemic, a Poem and a Mother’s Wish
Posted on March 23, 2020 | 4 CommentsEmail2Facebook4Twitter0Reddit2X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST Spotify Anchor.fm iTunes Today’s letter is for high school seniors, for my son and his classmates, for my friends’ children, for Andrew and for […]
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Are We Killing the Fat Man? The Corona Trolley Dilemma
Posted on April 18, 2020 | 14 CommentsEmail3Facebook4Twitter1Reddit2X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST SPOTIFY ITUNES ANCHOR.FM THE TROLLEY PROBLEM The Trolley thought experiment, first put forth by the philosopher Philippa Foot, pits two schools of moral thought […] -
Solzhenitsyn and the Gulag – A Russian Novel About Your Life
Posted on January 9, 2020 | No CommentsEmail0Facebook1Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 What can we learn from the Gulag? About the military, about the body and soul? AVAILABLE IN PODCAST iTunes Spotify Anchor.fm Walking up Hawks Hill […] -
You’ve tidied up the closet. You’ve tidied up the house. Why not tidy up your writing?
Posted on October 30, 2019 | No CommentsEmail1Facebook1Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 AVAILABLE ON PODCAST iTunes Spotify Anchor.fm A friend lamented the lack of grammar taught in schools and I said that English was out of fashion. What passed […] -
A Remedy Much Desired – Suicide & Three Poems by Max Ehrmann
Posted on June 13, 2018 | No CommentsEmail0Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 Fun, colorful, classic. The first two clash with the third, because when we think of classic, especially in fashion, we think modest, elegant, subdued. Designer Kate Spade made […] -
Deep Work, Digital Detox, and the Year of the DOG
Posted on February 25, 2018 | No CommentsEmail0Facebook0Twitter0Reddit0X Linkedin0 Stumbleupon0 Deep Work If you haven’t read Cal Newport’s book Deep Work, Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, I recommend it. A friend gave it to […]