I’ve read through all of Robert Solomon’s Imaginary Interviews with the Existentialists. It was so much fun. I have way too many highlights to even try and summarize what it is I read. But… more →
ArulbaNo other issue divided France and other European countries more intensely in the last years of the 1 … more →
wrote 4 days ago:24 September 2010, Friday Description of Experience “Do, or do not. There is no try.” - … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago:The first conference I attended after becoming a parent, and therefore experienced in the ‘concentra … more →
wrote 1 month ago:Next on the contributor list is Brighton based blogger, Greg Dreyfus. In Issue #3, Greg has supplied … more →
wrote 1 month ago:I feel a little like I have been ‘on tour’ for the last year or so. Since February 2009, I have pres … more →
wrote 2 months ago:I am posting a comment I left on Carl’s blog here, on my blog, because after we get my daughte … more →
wrote 2 months ago:“Thus closes the only episode [The Dreyfus Affair] in which the subterranean forces of the nineteent … more →
wrote 3 months ago:He ran. Worse than the lacerating branches and thorny venomous vines cutting his arms and cheeks was … more →
wrote 3 months ago:The Dreyfus affair: Pointing fingers | The Economist. For the Soul of France: Culture Wars in the Ag … more →
wrote 4 months ago:I was searching for something to write about when I realised I hadn’t talked about this book l … more →
wrote 5 months ago:“Chuck vs. the Tooth” May 10th, 2010 So far in this six-episode miniseason, Chuck has be … more →
wrote 5 months ago:another classic misspelling There’s been all sorts of misspelled famous stuff presented before … more →
wrote 5 months ago:The Life of Emile Zola (1937) The immediate issue with this film is that its title is notoriously mi … more →
wrote 6 months ago:I figured it was time for a wallpaper change, and what better picture to kick off the week than one … more →
wrote 7 months ago:Clearly, I’ve been introspective about both the specifics of my teaching and the general prope … more →
wrote 7 months ago:The Dreyfus affair exposed the deep rift in French society between the secular and the religious, re … more →
wrote 7 months ago:(Note: I’m not really sure how this one came about. It was July 2004, and it must have been a … more →
wrote 7 months ago:Two posts in an hour — lots on my mind. I want to briefly outline the connection between 345/5 … more →
wrote 8 months ago:In every course, I always make the opportunity to remind students, “Don’t trust your pro … more →
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