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In the past year I’ve read two novels that have dealt with epistemology (the study of the nature of knowledge) either directly or indirectly...

I was going to write a "woe is me" post because I received some not so good news today, but I came up with a better idea that I ho...

In a modern university if you ask for knowledge they will provide it in almost any form--though if you ask for out-of-fashion things they ma...

With all that is terrible going on in the world it is difficult to get back to writing for this blog, especially with any humor or optimism....

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country. Kurt Vonnegut

Doctor, what should I rid myself of, tell me, the hatred...or the love? Because I haven't even begun to mention everything I remember wi...

My sister Lindsay has been working with water colors lately. This is a sketch she did after Paul Klee. I liked it so much that she gave it t...

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse. Barbara Tuchman