“And so the house came to be haunted by the unspoken phrase: There must be more money! There must be more money! The children could hear it all the time though nobody said it aloud.” — D.H. Lawrence, “The Rocking-Horse… Read More ›
Education
MORE THAN JUST IDLE CHATTER
“History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place.” ― Gore Vidal, Julian I meant to start today’s piece off with a quote from Martin Luther King, but unfortunately, I failed… Read More ›
AS THE HAMSTER WHEEL TURNS
“Children accept the world as they find it; I took it for granted that all civilized men hid behind walls, and that the open country belonged to barbarians, but I also took it for granted that barbarians could never get… Read More ›
LET THE REINDEER GAMES BEGIN
“You have to know where the funny is, and if you know where the funny is, you know everything.” ― Sheila Heti, How Should a Person Be? This week marks the official return of both MNPS students and Tennessee… Read More ›
RECOGNIZING ACHIEVEMENT
“Observe yourself as you start to drift toward the internet, searching for confirmation that you suck, and then use that impetus as a signal to instead turn off your phone or internet connection and be messy in your art for… Read More ›
MEET THE NEW YEAR, SAME AS THE OLD YEAR?
“Now from where I sit this whole thing smells like its downwind from a cow barn on a hot June day!” ― Waylon Jennings 2021 is officially in the rearview mirror and we are now staring straight at the… Read More ›
FEAR AND LOATHING IN THE POLITICAL THEATER
“We fight for and against not men and things as they are, but for and against the caricatures we make of them.” ― Joseph A. Schumpeter, History of Economic Analysis December 17th. That’s when the last Dad Gone Wild… Read More ›
THE SINS OF MY PAST REVISITED
“I think about it like this,” Bart said. “We are confined to the present, but this moment we’re living now has, for all of history, been the future. And now, forever more, it will be past. Everything we do sets… Read More ›
SERVING UP DISTRACTIONS
“The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship, you don’t have to waste your time voting” ― Bukowski C. Back in the halcyon days when… Read More ›
A HAIRCUT WITH SLOTSKY
“Someone can decide it’s in their best interests to agree to something, but a choice is only really a choice if there’s a genuine alternative. Otherwise it’s manipulation and it’s taking advantage.” ― Jane Harper, The Lost Man The… Read More ›
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