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Wave or Particle

Cleveland, back in the day Here is a link to a review of Esther Sullivan’s book Manufactured Insecurity, in the Cleveland Review of Books. Readers unsure of whether to click the previous link can click here, here or here. Belgians, Newfies and Kerrymen can click here.

Fools Crow

I recently read a novel called Fools Crow, written by James Welch in the mid-80s.  I cannot recommend it highly enough.  In the book, Welch tells the story of a young man who is a member of the Lone Eaters, a band of Blackfeet (called Pikuni in the book) in Montana territory some time between …

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Ποιμήν Λαων

Jack Welch divided the universe of workers in any organization along two axes, each comprising a binary on-off feature, i.e. competent/incompetent and drinks-the-Kool-Aid/doesn’t-drink-the-Kool-Aid (he did not say “drinks the Kool Aid”, because he had a vested interest in having people drink his Kool Aid.  He said “With the program”.  A less weighted formulation would be …

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Erapid Response

Fitzgerald said that the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.   Here are some things that the help desk for the New York State Emergency Rental Assistance Program (“ERAP”) have told me – sometimes during …

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