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Catherine Gonick: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
___________________________________ Thoughts of God For me, behind the Christian God breathed the Jewish God. Jesus was a person of interest and I wasn't…
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Somerset Maugham: “to appeal for succour to a God he did not believe in. . .”
<< It seemed to him that it was only by an effort of will that he did not curl up in a corner and whimper. He had an instinct to appeal for succour to…
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Deconstruction in Action [by David Lehman]
Proponents of deconstruction believe in reversing binary oppositions, turning things upside down. An exact illustration: In December 2023, Mamdani said that Israel is not a state, it's an idea. This week, the talking heads…
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Creativity, imagination, light, elegance and new prospects in old ones at the renewed Grand Palais [By Tracy Danison]
Grand Palais, rotunda, Palais de la découverte. Photo © Patrick Tourneboeuf When I was in the Army, I once came to Paris and stood under the dome of the old Sorbonne. When I look…
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The Noise of the Week in Review [by Francois-Marie Arouet]
for Alexander Pope This week we learned that Art Carney, played by Norton, committed Canadian honeymooners on the north side of the falls to make common cause with England and France in recognizing an ontologically…
