Daily Archives: November 13, 2012

The Tension Between Revolution And Evolution In A Rolling Stones Song

The key lyric lines in this song from 1968 are, for me, the following: Hey! think the time is right for a palace revolution, but where I live the game to play is compromise solution. Listen for the sitar.  

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Petraeus’s Replacement at CIA: Waldo?

Existentially unsettling.

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Practice Makes Perfect: David Hume Teaches Us How To Read Closely And See

In 1757, the Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776) published four essays under the title, Four Dissertations, one of which he called “Of the Standard of Taste.” In it, Hume attempts to tackle the question of why people vary in opinion … Continue reading

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Hysterical (In The Crazed Sense) Election Night Tweets

__________ __________ ____________ Actually worse ones here.

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