Other Folks Blogs
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I would say, “The world as seen by Boomers”…
…rather than “Republicans” since this is about a pseudo-nostalgia with a great penchant for creative memory. However, I want to be clear that I am not committing the fallacy of “equal time.” I am a progressive leaning independent who sees… Continue reading
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Boomerang Kids Have Some Rules For Mom And Dad
The second wave of Gen-X, the overlap Gen-Y, and the first wave of Millenials find themselves in the same ship of fools set adrift by Boomers & first-wave Gen-Xers for whom the “system” worked. This is not something that the… Continue reading
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Awakening blog
Nice blog that I encourage friends to check out: Awakening. Continue reading
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Misleading Titles: Foxes, Ecstasy, Laundry « Becoming Integral
Jack Kornfield’s After the Ecstasy the Laundry… [is] a fine book, I was just hoping for something that would describe the wonders of doing laundry after an experience with a psychoactive medicine called “ecstasy” (i.e., MDMA). via Misleading Titles: Foxes, Ecstasy,… Continue reading
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Soul Spelunker: Dostoevsky And Existentialism
Existentialism was a movement that took place in philosophy after the Second World War, but its roots go back many centuries. It was a break with the Enlightenment mindset which attempted to bring mankind to a state of perfection… via… Continue reading
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The Drama of Existentialism – NYTimes.com
I am always impressed by the frisson in my class when students realize that there’s a sense in which Sartre is right: they could, right now, get up, leave the classroom, drop out of school, and go live as beach… Continue reading
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Glenn Greenwald Leaves Salon for the Guardian | The Wrap Media
Good luck at the Guardian Glenn. I look forward to seeing the great things you will do there. Keep the faith and stick to your guns! Indeed, the former New York prosecutor has led multiple charges with his stories, most… Continue reading
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Sartre and Camus in New York – NYTimes.com
At Vassar he [Camus] gave a lecture on “The Crisis of Mankind” and was dazzled by the spectacle of “an army of long-legged young starlets, lazing on the lawn.” But he was preoccupied by what he thought of as the… Continue reading
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crystal castle in the sea « coromandal
crystal castle in the sea « coromandal. Continue reading
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n+1: Death by Degrees
Here we have someone laying out some good lines on the real pay to play at the heart of our quickly crumbling meritocracy n+1: Death by Degrees. Continue reading
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Garage Sale Existentialism | The New Existentialists
As the urban treasure hunters stop to peruse the wares, a very poor rendition of bedouin negotiating takes place between two suburbanite stalkers, one striving to sell his or her “valuable” wares and the other seeking to gain a prize… Continue reading
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Becoming Integral: We have never been disenchanted
As always, something of interest from Sam at Becoming Integral. 8ˆ) http://becomingintegral.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/we-have-never-been-disenchanted/#comment-173 Continue reading
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