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My Father’s Continuing Funerary Cortege
My Father’s Continuing Funerary Cortege A country song comes to mind as I try to picture what reading the complete extant papers of my father has been like for me during these past weeks. There’s a long line of mourners … Continue reading →
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“How to Pick Your Fights”
“How to Pick Your Fights” “I’ve been perfect,” said Ammon Hennacy, pacifist, anarchist and dedicated Platonic lover of Dorothy Day of the Catholic Worker movement. He had taken my arm as we walked the picket line together. “I’ve had to … Continue reading →
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