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Category Archives: Mind & Society
Remebering Labor, Entering Rest
To truly make this a holiday, to truly rest in praise of the goodness, truth, & beauty of Labor Day, requires contemplation.
Also posted in Reading Around Tagged Arts & Literature, Canada, Economics, History, Holidays, Mind & Society, Science & Technology, Slavery, Work 7 Comments
Watching the Cubs from Bahgdad
Here is what Memorial Day means to me today: it means remembering the connections we have to those who are elsewhere, remembering that the small things we enjoy here at home exist in a larger system of past and present service, sacrifice and justice.
Also posted in Local Life Tagged Afghanistan, Army, Baghdad, Chicago Cubs, Germany, Holidays, Iraq, Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial Day, Pittsburgh Pirates, Sixties, Soldiers, Twitter, Vietnam, War & Peace 4 Comments
Can’t Take My Joy From Me (Michelle Shocked)
On this day, I think it is O.K. to be happy…. mog.com More about this song Share
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RCB Bookmarks, Mid-January, 2009
Links on culture, reading, and the web.
Also posted in Arts & Literature, Margin Notes, Reading Around, Science & Technology Tagged Bookmarks, Books, Civility, Dana Hanley, Digital Literacy, digitalculture, e-books, e-readers, Jason Epstein, Kassia Krozser, NEA, Peter Osnos, Politics, RCBLinks, Reading, Reading on the Rise, SpinStoppers, Voltaire Leave a comment
On Making the Future
To the extent that the future is shaped by human action, it is not much use trying to predict it ? it is much more useful to understand and work with the people who are engaged in the decisions and actions that bring it into existence.
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Bugs Bunny Stole My Cognitive Surplus!
or, What's all the hubbub, Bub?