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Time Travel
The past is never dead. It’s not even past. William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun In present-day America, it is said that young people have little interest in their ancestry. They see their choice of life partner as a … Continue reading →
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Wingeing, Death and Debility
Wingeing, Death and Debility Years ago, I was in the Australian Blue Mountains, climbing the rockiest, thorniest, steepest wilderness trail that I could ever hope never to find. We were a troop of philosophers from Sydney University’s Department of General … Continue reading →
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