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Appearances vs. Reality

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Jack Kerouac: “I enter my page”

A great Jack Kerouac quote on the hollowness of pursuing fame: I can just see the shabby literary man carrying a “bulging briefcase” rushing from one campus to another, one lecture club to another, nodding confirmation with his hosts that … Continue reading

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Does a Process of Darwinian Natural Selection Quietly Undergird American Politics?

Have you ever thought of running for political office? No? Neither have I. How come? Perhaps it’s similar to my own reason. I find the very thought of running for a political office tiresome, for to be a politician means that you … Continue reading

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Entry Level Shout Radio Job Openings: Only Malignant Narcissists Need Apply?

In the Wikipedia article on “malignant narcissism” (a phrase coined by Erich Fromm in 1964), the list of symptoms associated with it struck me as rather parallel to the traits that you tend to encounter when dialing into right-wing shout … Continue reading

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The Narcissistic Abyss

No, not blogging. This:

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Halloween is Coming

And this is very, very scary. This is how I feel about my blogging sometimes.

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“The Serious Me Show”: A YouTube Video by Santi Tafarella

Okay, I couldn’t resist. After making one YouTube video, I tried another one:

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“Appearances”: A Poem by Santi Tafarella

  The worst thing to tell your ex-lover is “I’m happy.”   And so he never told her that he was happy, but gave her   every appearance   that he was unhappy. Indeed, you could see her   light up … Continue reading

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“Young Hillary Clinton”

The Democratic primary is over, but this video continues to speak poignantly and humorously to the lawyerly nihilism and narcissicm that is so characteristic of our political culture:

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