Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Runaway Train by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to gbarnes14. Thanks for that very generous remark. I read Pieper’s book Leisure about a decade ago, and enjoyed it, though I think at the time it clashed with my Rand-influenced attachment to the virtue of productiveness. The more I thi…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Adriana Kuch (2008-2023), RIP by Irfan Khawaja
Resign in disgrace but mysteriously keep collecting your six figure salary: https://nypost.com/2023/02/17/former-nj-superintendent-still-being-paid-after-resigning-over-bullying-scandal/ LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Adriana Kuch (2008-2023), RIP by Irfan Khawaja
The community confronts the school board; https://nypost.com/2023/02/16/tempers-flare-in-first-board-meet-since-adriana-kuch-death/amp/ LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Adriana Kuch (2008-2023), RIP by Irfan Khawaja
Very helpful and informative: https://www.nj.com/opinion/2023/02/nj-laws-fail-to-protect-adriana-kuch-other-student-victims-opinion.html?outputType=amp LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) Flying the Friendly Skies with Josh
Am currently sitting behind Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) on a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Newark. So tempted to strike up a conversation from the seat behind him about his blind support for Israel, and his similar blindness to the injustice of the Israeli occupation. What do you think about recent events in Jenin…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Runaway Train by gbarnes14
This is a profound tribute. As I read through it, there were so many things that I like about her. The heartache is there too. One of my old colleagues used to say (quoting Joseph Pieper) that we are “beholders”. That is how we should see ourselves…
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(Aaron Kim ENGRD 101) Meta
I was originally going to draw a comic about procrastinating during midterms, but I then got an idea to have the cat come over and knock water into the comic. I had to redraw a few times because my drawing sucked and because I was playing around with how I wanted to incorporate the water…
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(Policy of Truth) Runaway Train
This post contains spoilers about the 1985 Andrei Konchalovsky film, “Runaway Train.” My late wife Alison had a weirdly idiosyncratic conception of politics that fit no clear, known template. She called herself “a Democrat abandoned by the Party,” but that didn’t necessarily tell you what you wanted to know about her politics, assuming that you…
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Collections: One Year Into the War in Ukraine
Today marks the end of the first year of Putin’s War in Ukraine. I will not call it an anniversary, because I don’t think anyone is celebrating. Nevertheless I think this makes a useful moment to look back and take stock of the state of the conflict at present but also on the things I…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Stephen Nathanson (1943-2023), RIP by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to gbarnes14. Agreed. I taught the death penalty book, but never had the chance to teach the economic justice one. LikeLike
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