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The depressing thing about the Christmas season—isn’t it?—is that it’s the time when all the institutions are speaking with one voice. The Church says what the Church says. But the State says the same thing: maybe not (in some ways … Continue reading →

Only through forgetfulness can man ever achieve the illusion of possessing a ‘truth.’ … What, then, is truth? A mobile army of metaphors, metonyms, and anthropomorphisms—in short, a sum of human relations, which can have been enhanced, transposed, and embellished … Continue reading →

Chuck Tryon discusses the recent Newsweek special The Way We Were, which asks some cultural critics to pick a single cultural text that represents the last eight years of Culture under the Bush regime. While pointing out the impossibility of … Continue reading →

This morning, I submitted grades online, marking the completion of the term. Finis. Terminus. Over. Completed. And it feels good, of course. Now, I have a lot of work I want to get done over break. Mainly, work on a … Continue reading →

Today I finished my last seminar paper of the term and finished grading papers. Woot! The only three things left for this term before moving into work over winter break: a) grading any revisions students turn in on Friday b) … Continue reading →