The Denial File
What We Can't Think About—and Why
Making Connections
Bruce Floyd | November 29, 2011
One of the self-indulgent joys of literature is “making a connection”; that is, reading a line in one book that reminds you of a line …
Libertarianism?? No thank you!!
Daniel Liechty | November 18, 2011
The nice folks at the Cato Institute have a new website for us promoting their libertarian ideology (www.libertarianism.org). Oy… Well, like many others, I also …
Too Much Life
James Lieberman | November 15, 2011
Earth now holds 7 billion people. Some of us can recall when it was only 3 billion (1960). The human population on earth reached one …
Don’t Just Talk the Talk…Walk the Walk
Henry Richards | November 8, 2011
I am flying back from Toronto and have been contemplating our use of signals, symbols, signs and space, and how these act together musically, merge, …
Occupying Room 231
Bill Bornschein | November 4, 2011
The recent Occupy Wall Street movement has afforded a new way of getting Becker’s ideas to a broader audience. My regular classroom is room 231, …
Imperfect Sympathies
Bruce Floyd | November 1, 2011
Late yesterday afternoon I pulled from the shelves my copy of Charles Lamb’s Essays of Elia, leafed through it, and settled upon the essay “Imperfect …