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thinking out loud

writing to see what I think

  • © John Rakestraw 2023
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2023
  • The value of civilization
    Mar 4
  • Living an entirely private life is a deprivation
    Mar 2
  • Of a certain age …
    Feb 27
  • Reason, properly understood, is public and sharable
    Feb 26
  • Self interrupting the self
    Feb 21
  • Writer's block
    Feb 5
  • Bertrand Russell on dictators
    Feb 2
  • Nazis and socialists (and the KKK)
    Feb 1
  • My experience is what I attend to
    Jan 31
  • The burden of writing
    Jan 30
  • Cognition and locomotion
    Jan 29
  • Totalitarianism, Perfection, and Oppression
    Jan 28
  • Reading (and translating) one’s past writings
    Jan 26
  • Reading is its own reward
    Jan 25
  • Courage to write
    Jan 25
  • Academic departmentalization and teaching mentality
    Jan 19
  • Lived life and stories
    Jan 16
  • The luxury of yearning for less
    Jan 4
  • © John Rakestraw 2023