THE COST OF SPEAKING THE TRUTH
E.J. Levy:
Truth takes its toll. While lies may fuel conflict, wars are almost always fought in the name of truth, that unbending tool of the ideologue, the tyrant.
BOOKSTORES, VALUE AND SCARCITY
Jeff Deutsch:
Value increases with scarcity. But scarcity can also result from our undervaluing something of great value.
FROM THE TBR PILE TO THE NTBR PILE
For the last six months or so, I’ve been more strategic than I was before not only about deciding which books I want to read but also about reading them.
Read moreFINDING A WRITING TOPIC
I expect to receive a book in the mail tomorrow. It’s a used copy of After Montaigne, a collection of essays by contemporary writers, each of whom takes as inspiration one of Montaigne’s essays and writes something on the theme of that essay.
Read moreREADING PLAN: DECEMBER 2023 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2024
Another quarter; another reading plan. (Cf. 2023 Books of Summer and Reading Plan: September through November 2023.
Read moreSEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER READING
I’ve been a bit slow to write about my reading for the three month period ending in November (Reading Plan: September through November 2023); I’m finally getting to that now.
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