The Denial File
What We Can't Think About—and Why
The Plot of Mind Is Death
Henry Richards | December 30, 2011
What do we make of Hemingway’s observation that every story, if we take it far enough, ends in a death? I attribute this observation to …
The Psychic Bartender: Hangman’s Lunch
Kirby Farrell | December 27, 2011
Nobody likes to think that innocent people might be put to death in a nation whose leaders are getting comfortable with the legitimacy of torture …
“Occupy!” Get the Pendulum Moving Again!
Daniel Liechty | December 21, 2011
In response to a recent blog, one reader commented: There has been recent discussion of underlying similarities between the Tea Party and the Occupy Wall …
Choose Your Illusions with Care
Bill Bornschein | December 16, 2011
“Choose your illusions with care, tend them with wisdom, and may The Farce be with you.” With this blessing (curse?) I end my classes each …
Death: 10 years after 9/11
Sheldon Solomon | December 7, 2011
September 11, 2001, was all about death. While humans share with all forms of life a basic biological predisposition toward self-preservation, we are exceptional in …