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August Aphorism #8
Strange times: We diet to narrow our waists, but we think our sexual desires fixed and unalterable. . . . . Continue Reading »
August Aphorism #7
The cultural revolution of the Sixties was brewing in the Fifties. Bourgeois hypocrisy was no longer sincere. Discrete winks were on their way to head shaking nods. . . . . Continue Reading »
August Aphorism #6
Let’s not kid ourselves. Vices leave lasting scars. Repentance cauterizes; it does not erase. . . . . Continue Reading »
August Aphorism #5
Some people are so lucky that they are indifferent to the good fortune luck provides. . . . . Continue Reading »
August Aphorism #4
Death may punctuate, but life’s the sentence. . . . . Continue Reading »
August Aphorisms #3
Stanley Fish wears fancy spurs, but he never rides outside the circus ring. . . . . Continue Reading »
August Aphorisms #2
A lesson of modernity: The brutalities of ignorance are not as extreme and destructive as the inhumanities of theory. . . . . Continue Reading »
An August Aphorism
I’ve been trying my hand at aphorisms. It seems like a pencil twirling, stare out the window, August thing to do. Here’s one. A rich irony: diversity is the slogan used by progressives to avoid talking to people they disagree with. . . . . Continue Reading »
The Deification of Youth and Imbecility
A friend directed my attention to this short bit of sociological reflection on our present infatuation with puerility. Very funny, and not too far wrong. . . . . Continue Reading »
Beers at the White House
Good for President Obama. In the aftermath of his foolish, off the cuff remarks about the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the President took some advice from police sergeant James Crowley and invited the duo to the White House for beers and a chat. Gates is still clinging to a false reading of . . . . Continue Reading »
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