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karl marx: sunday outings
…In 1843 Marx had married Jenny von Westphalen, the beautiful daughter of a neighbor in Trier, a Prussian government official. When they came to London, there were already three children, Jenny, Laura and Edgar. Shortly after their arrival Guido was … Continue reading
terror: the modern condition
“Madness alone is truly terrifying.” – Joseph Conrad Terrorism appears to be a specific malady of modern civilization. No other society, we tend to assume, has suffered to the same extent from precisely the same social and moral pestilence. This … Continue reading
anonymous builders
There is an old story of how the Cathedral of Chartres was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Then, thousands of people cam from all parts of the land. Like a giant procession of ant, and together they … Continue reading
anonymous : keeping the spurious alive
Whether the inspiration is the comic, the movie or the historical figure, the imagery — co-opted today by everyone from Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the hacker group Anonymous — carries stronger connotations than some of the Occupy protesters seem … Continue reading
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Tagged alan moore, anonymous hackers, anonymous mask, daniel lloyd, gunpowder plot, Guy fawkes, guy fawkes day, henry perronet briggs, Julian Assange, King James I, martin hume, robert cecil, v for vendetta, william cecil, william Parker
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bring on those brooding young men
“Conventionality is not morality, self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.” —Charlotte Bronte. How many young girls have imagined themselves as a lost Bronte sister, never forgiving themselves for having a childhood devoid … Continue reading
CLERGY BURNOUT: THE AESTHETICS OF DISAPPOINTMENT
Believers and Deceivers. The findings have surfaced with ominous regularity over the last few years, and with little notice: Members of the clergy now suffer from obesity, hypertension and depression at rates higher than most Americans. In the last decade, … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Camus, Alfred Philips, Alison Gendar, Andres Serrano, Artur Rosman, Bob gass, Carolyn garago, Charles Lewis, Charles Lewis National Post, David faulkner, Edmund Burke, Elizabeth Lev, Fred Lehr, Geoffrey Robertson, Guy fawkes, Hans Holbein, Hans Holbein the younger, James Gillray, Job Orton, John Laughland, Jonathan Cook, Joseph H. Fichter, Kant, Karolina Sygula, Martin Buber, Massimo introvigne, Maurice S. Friedman, Michael Friedman, Paul Vitello, Peter Tatchell, Philip Jenkins, Pope Benedict, Rabbi Milton Balkany, Rabbi Yitzhak Shapiro, Richard Dawkins, Sir Thomas More, Terry Nelson, Willaim Heath, William Heath, XTC, XTC Andy Partridge, XTC Colin Moulding, XTC Nonsuch
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