Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Still something of a work in progress. Kelly and I were marking Ruination Day, April 14 (this is from the pair of songs by Gillian Welch, April the 14th, Part 1 and April the 14th, Part 2). We were remarking on how Welch needed to rewrite the songs to…

EMTs with Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, NJ: https://time.com/paramedic-coronavirus-diary/?fbclid=IwAR1hcqbB5KqVGaeMf8Cd5acwjal23-ta_dhWjwsTeJIYJrcHum50s-8k1M4 LikeLike

“Born to fight fate.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5DhJS5hGWc LikeLike

I haven’t had a chance to read this yet, but having spotted it, I figured I’d stick it here, if only because of the similarity in subject matter. An interesting site and author that I’ll have to return to when I get time: https://src…

In reply to Raymond Raad. I don’t have a detailed answer to your question. You’d have to check the websites of individual municipalities. I did a quick check of a few. Readington, where I currently live, has closed its municipal parks. htt…

Thanks for putting together the argument in one place. I do think it’s a strong argument. There are risks to state parks in particular, even compared to local parks, like lost hikers or people injured far away from the main road and harder to g…

A different view (ht: Ray Raad): https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/13/keep-parks-open-benefits-fresh-air-outweigh-risks-infection/ LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. If only it was possible to keep a pathogen far away from us. And I don’t just mean the coronavirus. LikeLike

I’m shocked. You wrote a poem? For one thing, I had no idea you had poetic talent. And besides that, aren’t you aware of the fact that “politics is not a poem”? I thought we read Against Democracy together. How could you have fo…