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Anglophilia, Part I
Monday July 13, 2009
Chalk it up to Anglophilia if you must. Although I was born in England, I’ve spent less than six months of my life there. In any case, I have a longstanding affinity, dating back to my high school years, for the traditional folk music of the British Isles, particularly after it has been filtered through....
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Education to Wonder
Friday July 10, 2009
I’m reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy for the first time. I inwardly cringed when I wrote that, as I cringe whenever anyone asks me what I’m reading right now. Despite his reputation among the beloved Inklings and many others I admire, I’ve always lumped Tolkien in with....
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My Summer Job
Thursday July 9, 2009
For most of my life, I’ve never had a really fun summer job. I’ve bagged groceries, sat alone in an office and answered a rarely-called hotline, and shouted in English at Chinese schoolchildren. But I guess I’ve finally paid enough dues, because this summer, I have decided on a new job, and one that I really like....
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Bless Those Who Curse You
Wednesday July 8, 2009
“Screw you!” the man shouted angrily from the sidewalk as I passed by. I was walking in the street with the “Health Care for All” contingent of the July Fourth parade at an affluent suburb outside the city where I live. The sign I carried said “Single Payer Now—We Need HR676.” I left my group and went....
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The Suburbs, Beirut, and Nostalgia
Tuesday July 7, 2009
From an essay about the recently-departed English science fiction writer, J.G. Ballard, I found this comment interesting: "People who read Empire of the Sun have often said to me, 'What a strange life, how unusual,” he told the BBC World Service in 2002. And I say to them, actually, the life I led...."
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