Catching up on the Costa Concordia news, hoping to hear the ringtone which apparently exists of Gregorio de Falco saying “Ritorni a bordo, cazzo,” I noticed that this ship was over ten times the size of the one I took to Europe long ago. When I rode on the M.S. Aurelia it took ten days … More M.S. Aurelia
Two of my friends from elementary school now have college age children who, according to their mothers, are all too cautious in life. They do not understand it, as they at the same age were not so cautious themselves, and as they have not raised their children to be fearful. One of these children, for … More Sobre el verbo atreverse a
75% of the faculty, including myself, would not recommend this action but 25% recommend it strongly and are in the most relevant subfield. After some consideration I decided I would write a lukewarm letter in favor, because if not the person in question would not have the requisite three letters. I reasoned that I would … More I should probably have said no
My classes are brilliant, you just do not know. Only today we were reviewing the precise differences between Hitler and Mussolini and their contributions, or not, to peronismo. We saw archival footage of the speech of 17 October 1945. Next we invited Poetry, with a capital P, into America along with Andrés Bello, and discussed … More Maestra. On left and right professors. Danzar al bel suon, raddoppiando l’armonia.
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Read the sorry thing. Then read this smart critique. Via Historiann. Axé.
My understanding is this: with narcissism the core problem is that no solid identity actually formed inside of the person. So instead they make up who they would like to be in their head and then write a script for themselves for how they are supposed to act and how others are supposed to act … More A definition of narcissism
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Tax havens are not exotic, murky sideshows at the fringes of the world economy: they lie at its centre. Half of world trade flows, at least on paper, through tax havens. Every multinational corporation uses them routinely. The biggest users of tax havens by far are not terrorists, spivs, celebrities or Mafiosi – but banks. … More Nicholas Shaxon
For a great many poor people in America, particularly poor black men, prison is a destination that braids through an ordinary life, much as high school and college do for rich white ones. More than half of all black men without a high-school diploma go to prison at some time in their lives. Mass incarceration … More Why criticism of the prison industrial complex is important
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