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| Fuchsias in Santa Cruz, 2011 |
September 28, 2015
Department of Categorical Announcements
Heidegger is the only world-famous philosopher of the 20th century about whom it can seriously be argued that he was a charlatan…
—Bernard Williams, London Review of Books, June 4, 1981
September 27, 2015
September 18, 2015
Passing Thoughts
In my neighborhood to be Irish-American was to be whiter than any Italian-American. Whether there was a hierarchy of whiter whites than Irish whites was really of no concern as long as it was recognized that Irish was essentially whiter than Italian, in this view.
I'm thinking in his time Will Rogers wasn't white at all except by general acclaim, and despite all appearances. But then it's always been defined by general acclaim, white being a slippery notion, the precise white being applied or denied in the instant a matter of exacting public judgements, which fell in favor of Rogers back then.
September 17, 2015
September 15, 2015
September 14, 2015
Local Color Is Not What It Might Be, Admittedly
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| Coyote Blending In, Arana Gulch Santa Cruz, September 2015 |
September 07, 2015
September 05, 2015
September 01, 2015
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