Category: Banes

The Libyan Situation

28/05/2016

This is a New York Times article worthy of study. There is a marvelous quotation from H. Clinton on Qaddafi: “We came, we saw, he died!” and much else in the piece. I would have loved to visit Libya. And Iran and other places. Axé.

Buddhas Veje

29/04/2016

I just threw out a poster I had had since I was sixteen and that was for me a sign of self and home. It had a marvelous red and yellow image and said: BUDDHAS VEJE NATIONALMUSEET I BREDE MAJ-OKTOBER 1970 Daglig 10-17 Tirsdag og torsdag aften 19-22 I did not want to get rid … More Buddhas Veje

Illumination

13/02/2016

My colleague said we had to assign writing because writing brings students to an act of intellectual discovery unavailable otherwise. I said yes, of course. I realized then that I never considered writing an act of intellectual discovery but a show of virtuosity. I never allowed myself the kind of risk I allow the students … More Illumination

Frank Furedi

15/11/2015

Throughout most of the 20th century, therapy was advertised as both a cure and as an instrument for the construction of a happy society. It was promoted as a positive way of exploring and expanding the individual’s personality. From the perspective of today’s therapeutic ethos, therapy is much more a means of survival than an … More Frank Furedi