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Author Archives: hessd
Turn the Other Cheek
The controversies over this text abound, very likely because following out the literal meaning is quite often inconvenient. But there are worse things than inconvenience to say about the literal compliance with such a text. We might say, for instance, … Continue reading
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Racial defensiveness
The topic for today is “racial defensiveness.” I’m against it. The Russian spy (Mark Rylance) who was captured and tried in the movie “A Bridge of Spies” had a recurring line that made me like him immediately. In the first … Continue reading
July 4 Virus Thoughts
We are celebrating, today, the independence of the North American colonies of Great Britain from the rest of the British Empire. We had devised, here, the beginnings of a single political system and we proclaimed that it “was, and of … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th of July, COVID-19, freedom for, freedom from, interdependence
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A Klan of “Karens”
You may have heard about the fuss kicked up by Amber Lynn Gilles at the Starbucks in San Diego. The short version is that she didn’t wear a mask, as store rules required her to do, and was not served. … Continue reading
Posted in Living My Life, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Words
Tagged calling them out, entitlement, harassment, Starbucks, wear your mask
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Juneteenth, 2020
I think I’d like to pay some attention to Juneteenth this year. I remember hearing about it before, but only from a distance. Since last June, I have been thinking about the increasingly wide divisions in this country and how … Continue reading
Posted in Political Psychology, Society, Sustainability
Tagged Granger's Proclamation, Juneteenth, racial comity
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White women are vicious. Hm.
A recent column by Charles Blow, a columnist for the New York Times, is one of the worst I have seen anywhere. It stands out particularly in the Times, where the columns written by people who work for the paper … Continue reading
Strategic cockroach
Yesterday, my husband thought he saw a cockroach in the kitchen. He sprayed everything down and cleaned thoroughly. Today, I’m putting the cockroach in the bathroom. That’s one of the cute little reports included in a paper called Funnies, which … Continue reading
