His novels aren’t among my favorites, and he wasn’t the greatest interviewer I’ve ever heard. But Anton Strout was the easily the most important author in my development as a writer.
I was sad to learn that he died yesterday.
[Read more…]RIP, Anton
The best, etc., of 2020
I ended last year’s “Best of, etc.” with a strangely quaint optimism: “here’s hoping for a 2020 that doesn’t suck.”
Cute.
[Read more…]Marco Rubio, Snowfake
What I’m reading: Tony Kushner’s Angels in America
One of the advantages of having a bad memory: when I re-read a book, it often feels like I’m reading it for the first time.
[Read more…]Fact checking is dead
Not long after last night’s “debate” ended, PolitiFact posted its “Fact Checking the First 2020 Debate” article.
What a waste of space.
[Read more…]Another for the books
Birthdays keep happening, whether I want them to or not.
[Read more…]School supplies and nostalgia
The Younger was given a list of school supplies which, in our pandemic-ridden world, I bought through Amazon.
I wasn’t prepared for the wash of nostalgia I’d feel when the supplies arrived.
gdkemblePragmatism and democracy (Bacon, Chapter 2: Dewey)
Of the first wave of pragmatists — Peirce, James, and Dewey — Dewey spoke most explicitly about democracy, putting him at the heart of my inquiry about pragmatism and ethics in a post-truth world.
[Read more…]Pragmatism: Round 1, Fight! (Bacon, Chapter 1: Peirce and James)
I love how contested and contentious pragmatism has been — and that it’s been that way from the beginning.
[Read more…]Getting oriented: the arc of pragmatism (Bacon, Preface and Introduction)
It’s been awhile since I’ve spent much time with philosophy. It feels equal parts strange and good to be back.
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