Tag: Editorial
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Thinking about Capital Punishment with Sophocles’ Antigone
In Sophocles’ Antigone, Kreon does not get off so easy that he gets to die. He has to live with the consequences of his actions, just as every survivor of violent crime has to live with the consequences.
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Meanwhile the Everyday Violence of Apartheid in Palestine, Funded by US Tax Dollars
An update on casualties in Palestine as the Iranians try for liberty and western attention remains fixedly on Ukraine.
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I Must Be Confused, or How to read a pie chart: Water Edition
Is it you or is it the systems: water edition.
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The mystery isn’t whether Biden is popular; the mystery is why anyone thinks he would be.
This poor guy wanted to be president for over 30 years, gets it, and then becomes one of the least popular presidents in recent history–to no real surprise at all.
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Is It You or Is It The Systems?
An intervention: stop blaming yourself for systemic problems! Instead let’s remake the systems together!
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On Bridges and Trains, or Legitimate Anxiety in the Anthropocene
A metaphor for understanding our times and toward recognizing our climate anxiety and even grief as legitimate expressions of emotion in the face of an unprecedented global destabilization brought about by the last 200 years of the ultra wealthy destroying our planet for their profits.
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How to Learn Under Threat
On trying to get an education while the world falls apart and the apparent folly despite its daily necessity.
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On Commas and Guns
A philological (and neurodivergent) reading of the Second Amendment. In short: our armed forced have the right to bear arms, as well they should, in the interest of the state exclusively.
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We Don’t Have To Live Like This
You cannot have failed to notice the changes. There is the extreme weather, for one thing. Maybe you’ve noticed that the Arctic is passable now, opened for shipping. A minority of our 200,000 year old species has managed to devastate this beautiful planet and completely upset its delicately balanced systems in under 200 years.
Another Neurodivergent Queer Writes A Blog! 