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“…hypocrisy has been inescapable because our opposition to violence has been selective or merely fashionable.”
In our century of almost universal violence of humans against fellow humans and against our natural and cultural commonwealth, hypocrisy has been inescapable because our opposition to violence has been selective or merely fashionable. Some of us who approve of our monstrous military budget and our peacekeeping wars nonetheless deplore ‘domestic violence’ and think that…
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Albums I’m Enjoying
In no particular order and for no particular reason, here are some songs from the albums I’ve most enjoyed over the past few months. MorMor, “Heaven’s Only Wishful” Ibeyi, “River” John Prine, “Knockin on Your Screen Door” S. Carey, “Yellowstone” Gia Margaret, “Birthday”
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“They’re so easy to kill, birds…”
This, from Elizabeth Bruenning in the Washington Post about the Trump administration’s decision not to enforce the Migratory Bird Treaties Act, is so beautifully said and so profoundly sad. They’re so easy to kill, birds; or rather, the power of human industry is so profound that only a little carelessness — the slightest abdication of…
David W. Swanson
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