Category Archives: banality of evil

What We Are Dealing With in this Land of Delusion.

Posted on November 21, 2019 by randomyriad

We are dealing, then, with an absurdity that is not a quirk or an accident, but is fundamental to our character as people. The split between what we think and what we do is profound. — Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America: … Continue reading →

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Historical Resource 1965

Posted on September 7, 2019 by randomyriad

Absurdity in the face of overwhelming hypocrisy and paranoia

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Legacy

Posted on July 19, 2019 by randomyriad

of the Empire  by Mary Oliver from Devotions   “We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We … Continue reading →

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July 5, 1852

Posted on July 5, 2019 by randomyriad

I hear Frederick Douglass is doing some great things these days. What to the Slave is 4th of July by Frederick Douglass    Fellow-citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here to-day? What … Continue reading →

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Last night I dreamed Roy Rogers died…

Posted on November 19, 2018 by randomyriad

Originally posted on The First Gates:
Roy Rogers was my first boyhood hero. For a time, around the age of three or four, I refused to answer to “Morgan,” insisting that my parents call me Roy. Me as Roy, probably…

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