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Via Satellite, Tropical Storms Remind Me of Einstein’s Hair

Just an observation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 . And:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            . Source for images: Wikipedia Commons via NASA and the World-Telegram.

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What’s Wrong with This Picture?

Charles Hood’s photo essay on how places, when we travel, are “supposed” to look (as opposed to how they actually do look) put me in mind of the following Christina Rossetti poem meditating upon the inharmonies of existence. It appears to be addressed to … Continue reading

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Euripides’s “Bakkhai”: Is Dionysus Jesus?

Euripides’s “Bakkhai” is an extraordinary play, and functions on many fascinating levels. At one level it can be read as an indictment of rationalism, and a warning to the audience against atheism. Toward the beginning of the play, for example, … Continue reading

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