A New Approach to Poverty

Posted on August 11, 2014
As the poet Philip Larkin said, "sun destroys the interest of what’s going on in the shade." And what’s going on in the shade is that Paul Ryan has proposed a plan to tackle poverty that isn’t just about cutting the welfare bill.
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And Who Is a Person? The Problem with Hobby Lobby (Part I)

Posted on July 17, 2014

It is this extension of protections to for-profit corporations (closely held), that has moved early commentary from the legal academy to conclude that the most enduring legacy of Hobby Lobby may not be in the area of religious liberty but, rather, in an expanded (and expanding) notion of corporate personhood

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Recombinant Approaches

Posted on July 7, 2014
Image: The Traveler Remembers_Friday, 1987, by Nancy Goldring; courtesy of the artist.

Though careful observation comes first, my process involves research: detecting palimpsests in the architecture or observing how people move and inhabit the place.

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Brother Rat?

Posted on June 16, 2014
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What happens if we become willing to trade in an understanding of a rich and meaning-laden feature of our nature for, well, something we can share with a rat.

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