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31 Dec 2013

Happy New Year

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In wishing for a happy new year I am hoping like Barthes for the absolutely new which disturbs and brings bliss; not for the mere st...
29 Dec 2013

Comrade Dawn

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As day breaks, I often think of her ... And as the moon flashes phosphorescent between night skies I  recall  the  whiteness...
28 Dec 2013

Our God is Woman: Our Mission is Protest!

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Many congratulations and all best wishes for the New Year to Josephine Witt, the courageous twenty year-old philosophy student and ...
26 Dec 2013

It's My Name Day (And I'll Decry If I Want To)

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St. Stephen: first Christian martyr  and anti-Semite As Maria is keen to remind me, today is my name day [ονομαστική εορτή]: a tra...
25 Dec 2013

An Atheist Responds to Pope Francis

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Well, there you go: I've just been insulted by Pope Francis in his first Christmas Day message to the faithful! Speaking to a...

And so this is Christmas ...

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Feigning joy and surprise at the gifts we despise  over mulled wine with you     If there has ever been a better opening line t...
24 Dec 2013

On the Question Concerning Technology

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  I recently watched The Social Network (dir. David Fincher) and I have to say I enjoyed this fictionalized and stylized account o...
23 Dec 2013

Fasten Your Seat Belts! (In Support of Pussy Riot)

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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina  Photo: Reuters / Ilya Naymushin (2013) Obviously the early release from prison of Puss...
21 Dec 2013

In Praise of Stalking (The Case of Sophie Calle)

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Stalking - be it of an actual kind in what remains of and passes for the real world, or a virtual activity conducted onli...
17 Dec 2013

Notes on the Conflict Thesis

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The conflict thesis proposes that there is intrinsic antagonism between persons of faith and those who prefer to rely upon reason...