"The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that you’re a god or a total bastard. The Iron will always kick you the real deal. The Iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Always there like a beacon in the pitch … Continue reading Iron and Soul by Henry Rollins
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How to Think For Yourself
"It matters a lot who you surround yourself with. If you're surrounded by conventional-minded people, it will constrain which ideas you can express, and that in turn will constrain which ideas you have. But if you surround yourself with independent-minded people, you'll have the opposite experience: hearing other people say surprising things will encourage you … Continue reading How to Think For Yourself
The Best of Wendell Barry on Orion
"This week we celebrate Wendell Berry’s eighty-sixth birthday by sharing several of our staff’s all-time favorite essays, poems, short stories, and media clips published in Orion over the past four decades."—Orion Staff, "The Best of Wendell Berry." Orion. August 5, 2020.
What Kind of Country Do We Want?
"The cult of cost/benefit—of the profit motive made granular, cellular—not only trivializes but also attacks whatever resists its terms. Classic American education is ill-suited to its purposes and is constantly under pressure to reform—that is, to embrace as its purpose the training of workers who will be competitive in the future global economy. What this … Continue reading What Kind of Country Do We Want?
The Pudding
"The Pudding is a digital publication that explains ideas debated in culture with visual essays."-https://pudding.cool/ I haven't gone into this with any depth. But, it looks interesting on a surface scan. Bookmarking.
…You’re Going to Have to Forgive Yourself.
"If you are looking for absolution, you are going to have to forgive yourself."-Elizabeth Wurtzel, "‘I Believe in Love’: Elizabeth Wurtzel’s Final Year, In Her Own Words." Medium.com. January 8, 2020. Everything about this essay is perfect. Read it.
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