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The Hidden Paw

 "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. Julius Caesar Act 1…

1 year ago

Wings of Wax, Feet of Clay

When Claudine Gay resigned as President of Harvard this week the gloating by some conservative activists and commentators was unappealing…

1 year ago

A Break and Some Rebellious Vulgarity in Very Bad Taste

"When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow."  You may not remember…

1 year ago

Five Things: DEI, Poem, Memoir, Library, Anti-Semitism, and Street Thugs

One Last week IntrepidEd News published another of my pieces. This one is about how schools are on the front…

1 year ago

In Defense of Intersectionality

I wrote this primarily as a way to sort my ideas out. Feel free to skip. However do take a…

1 year ago

Intersectional Lunacy and Knee-Jerk Nonsense

 A bunch of angry shouty men showed up to protest the Standing for Women  Let Women Speak event in Leeds…

1 year ago

The Art Bombing World of the Cat

It's been a bit quiet on the R and R front this Fall but I've not been entirely idle. I…

1 year ago

Personal Update. And Breaking News

My Wittgenstein project has entered a fallow phase but it is merely on furlough for a while and will be…

1 year ago

The Ladder and the Beetle

I'm launched on a Wittgenstein project. I thought it was about time I knew more about him and his work…

2 years ago

On the Seashore of Endless Worlds

In 1913, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore "because of his profoundly sensitive,…

2 years ago