Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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thereabouts: greater boston has a thriving cultural arts scene
Even though a friend of mine who worked at the Tasty knew her—back before the Tasty, that little Harvard Square heaven, was swallowed up whole—Ani DiFranco’s music somehow didn’t cross my path until days ago, at her Wilbur Theater show. I’m not sure why I never found out about her. Maybe it was because I…
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Book Review: HR by Geoffrey Neil
HR (Human Resources) by Geoffrey Neil (Priorities Intact Publishing, $2.99) “To see others suffer does one good, to make others suffer even more: This is a hard saying but an ancient, mighty, human, all-too-human principle. . . . Without cruelty there is no festival.”—Friedrich Nietzsche Morana was beautiful and intelligent, with no sense of morality…
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"Common Cathedral," "Sestina: Journey to New Land," and "Song of War and Peace" by Maria Termini
Common Cathedral It’s too cold for a Sunday in spring, I have been waiting for warmth so much, but I am here on the Boston Common, and have come to pray, praise, and sing with homeless people of faith, now scattered around a dry fountain. I wonder if I can play my guitar with cold…
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"What I’m Made Of" and "My Excavated Heart" by Kathy Engel
What I’m Made Of I am a crab I am chemical dispersant spill, I am spilled spilling, fish swelter stone, I am slick, eyes burn bleed oil, nose oiled mucous, talk spits from my oil swollen lips, gurgle and sputter drip from my ears, crude ruts my cheeks, neck scar leaks oil, hair sheens nipples…
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Flight: A Movie Review
Even if you rarely go to a theatre to see a movie, you will want to see “Flight” starring Denzel Washington who won an Academy Award for his performance in the movie “Training Day.” In “Flight”, Denzel Washington plays a totally different character. He is an accomplished pilot, previously a stunt pilot who, at one…
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F the #'s: Writer J. Marechal Argues that Poverty Is More than Statistics
F the #’s. I’m not giving you any. One doesn’t have to look far to see poverty wide. It’s not about numbers. It is about having to give in to tears when officers are summoned to oust a homeless mother and her three year old from a shelter. It is two, three people sharing a…
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Bohemian Beats: SCN Chops It Up with Boston’s Avant-Garde Hip Hop Artist, Catch Wreck
Q. Where in Boston are you currently residing? A. Roxbury, MA Q. How would you compare Boston to other cities you’ve been in or know about? A. Boston has a very unique mind state I would say. The people are disconnected, their living in their own zone. The people don’t really travel outside of their…
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Sister Senator: Massachusetts Elects Its First Female Senator
Tuesday, November 6th, Elizabeth Warren defeats the republican incumbent Scott Brown by a narrow margin and is the first woman to claims Kennedy’s old Senate seat. Warren, a true representative of the middle class, is now the success story heard around the nation. Warren was born Elizabeth Herring to a middle class family in Oklahoma…
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