A search for the definition of a sociopath yields an abundance of prurient descriptions, but this, from drdrew.com, suffices: “Typically characterized by a lack of impulse control, empathy, morality and guilt…” It is not controversial…
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How To Write A Sentence by Stanley Fish
The first chapter lumbers down the runway, then it takes off in chapter two and soars until chapter seven, when it descends for three chapters, sometimes turbulently, before landing and taxiing again in chapter ten,…
The Myth of The Myth of Normal
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Legal abortion is healthy for our species
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Vaccine Hesitancy
I am reluctant to get the COVID booster. There is good reason to distrust the pharmaceutical industry. I think that the relevant government agencies have been largely captured by industry and captured by the broader…
WHY MUST I WRITE WHAT I WRITE?
To save the world. There, I said it. Are words what I love most about living or is it that words are the only thing I have left to express my love of the world?…
It’s Not Your Body
The pro-choice movement needs a new slogan. The one it’s using now is based on the same logic as that used by people who claim that wearing a seatbelt or getting vaccinated is their choice.…
Transition: Part 1 – Overlords
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Here Comes The Sun
Dystopian scenarios are easy to conjure since so much literary ink has been devoted to portraying them. The fact that they are easy to imagine doesn’t make them more likely to happen. The immediate future…
Deplorables?
The next time you are tempted to curse the stupidity of the Trump cult “deplorables”, consider this: the underclass is maintained in a state of ignorance, want and contention by the overlords for the purposes…
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