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Without the distance between self and thought, self and utterance, we are unable to entertain, probe, or debate ideas.
Goodbye to All This
by
B.D. McClay
Posted on March 19, 2021
in THR Web Features
Image: An illustrated hedgehog. Via Wikimedia Commons.
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In memory of a happy half a decade.
Do We Absolutely Disagree?
by
Alan Jacobs
Posted on March 9, 2021
in THR Web Features
Image: Foreground: “The Happy Marriage,” seventeenth century allegorical engraving; background: late nineteenth century printing of “Areopagitica,” art by Lucien Pissaro.
Well known free speech advocates may not always be free speech absolutists.
Informational Man
Posted on March 4, 2021
in THR Web Features
Image: Judson Rosebush, "Letter Field," April 22, 1978, Syracuse University. Calcomp plotter computer output with liquid inks on rag paper, 15.25 x 21 inches. Via Wikimedia Commons.
We are creating algorithms to solve our problems that often inadvertently end up creating misalignments between our intentions and their end results.
Engaging Jesus and John Wayne
Posted on February 24, 2021
in THR Web Features
Image: A late evening thunderstorm lights up the sky above the Cadet Chapel at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, August 2, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Trevor Cokley)
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In praise of nuance and self-reflection.
Frederick Douglass and the American Project
Posted on February 22, 2021
in THR Web Features
Image: Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Albumen process, scanned from the negative by Library of Congress. Via Wikimedia Commons.
It would be hard to blame him if he had lost faith in the republic.
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