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I did it again – make a criticism, didn’t offer an alternative. That wasn’t helpful of me.
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Between the stimulus and the response, there is a space. And in that space lies our power and our freedom.
Victor Frankel, via Tara Brach
Previously, on Hard Consonant:
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This post is going to draw a thread through three unrelated posts I’ve read recently: Andrew Sullivan on whether “ni**er” should be spelled out; Steve Waldman on whether economists should frame policy views as moral claims; and Julian Jamison on whether women should be elected to office.
What each [...]
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I have another comment about Texas in Africa’s series of posts on evidence. It’s a question, really. (Apologies to her for
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Participants could pick up to ten friends to include in their book, and also pick the timeframe covered, whether it be a birthday, wedding or other significant event. As these images of Francis Peric’s book show, the styling of the [...]
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While nothing here is very popular, in any meaningful sense of the word, this blog's most popular post by far is that passing glance at Jean-Paul Riopelle. I'm mentioning this because, if that post is a go-to site for Googlers, then the Internet must have a real Riopelle deficiency. Let this be an invitation, internauts. This injustice must not stand! Readers, aux claviers!
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A Carolina gray squirrel protects its nuts from the photographer. A mite reactive, no?