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Maurice Joly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

( I read very few novels, so it is not saying much to say that Umberto Eco is one of my favorite writers. Read more... )

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Leo Tolstoy - WikiquoteIt occurred to me that i have  never read Tolstoy ( Read more... )

Dorothy would welcome anarchy as long as she  got to be the Archanarchist. (Paraphrase of a comment made about Dorothy Day by a friend, probably not entirely in jest.)

( Anarchists are often asked: What would you do about the bad guys, those who can't go along go along with any program, the )

( I realize that most American conservatives (neo-conservatives, ultra-conservatives, blind conservatives, whatever ) don't remember the 1930s, but...Read more... )

Freedom is love's mind.
Love is freedom's heart.

A brave and passionate man will kill or be killed ( Read more... )

Etty Hillesum: A life transformed

I am reading her diary and letters and will no doubt have things to say about her in this journal.

The 1991 Suburu that i had driven for over 18 gave out on me a couple of months ago.  It had two bumper stickers which had both been on for a long time.  The newer one advertised that i am the grandparent of an (name) elementary school student; that student is now in the university.  The other was a yellow sticker worn to ilegibility which had once ( Read more... )