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Unseeing
The easy conclusion, in thinking about past generations and the natural world, emphasizes what they knew.
Mar 22
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A Private Person
I keep hearing stories that I shouldn’t be hearing.
Mar 19
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Former Totalitarians
Once the situation devolves into the muck, there’s nobody left but monsters.
Mar 15
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A Sensitive Question
I was startled, this week, with a question about sensitivity.
Mar 8
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Declining Into Progress
Imagine for a moment that you’re a genteel, wealthy aristocrat from Sicily.
Mar 1
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February 2024
Soundless
Nothing makes you doubt the merits of a music education more than a neighbor who takes up the violin.
Feb 23
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The Taste Test
The distinction between your preferences and your character.
Feb 16
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The Old Man And The River
Chronicle Number 3
Feb 13
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Honest Writing
I don’t always write what I believe.
Feb 9
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Not Supporting the Arts
There’s something suspicious about platitudes, about the unthinking, commonplace words that require no commitment.
Feb 2
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January 2024
Bring Me To Your Leader
Traveling across town at short notice on a recent night, I took a rather miserable car service.
Jan 26
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Chance
Chronicle Number 2
Jan 24
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