Category: Uncategorized
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On the Importance of Singing about Death
Something radical happens when you riff on your trumpet after singing about your death.
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Puny but Important: The Incredible Tension at the Heart of Living
Soon after I feel powerful, I am reminded of how little I control. When I feel small and meaningless, I am reminded of the huge ethical obligation on me as a human. In the seconds that I am able to hold both of these truths at once, time moves forward and this understanding disappears.
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How could someone who wrote beautifully about an innate human proclivity for the divine brutalize slaves?
Wrestling with the tragic power of logic at the heart of the Enlightenment.
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A Painting
Here we are in this mighty and chaotic universe, and in this small corner of the painting, there are the humans, picnicking
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Answers
The case against the New Yorker’s dominant sensibility, the case against this professor I interviewed, the case against Socrates — the case for answers.
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Our Stunted Celebration
Macklemore asks us to feel glorious. We should celebrate with him, but we need so much more.
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The Immersive World of Basketball Hermeneutics
Submerging oneself in the rich world of basketball analysis is one of the highest forms of escapism.
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Éloge de Manu Chao
Why the musician Manu Chao is the ultimate anti-Trump and deserves our unabashed praise.
George Altshuler 