Browsing All posts tagged under »Jorge Luis Borges«

Instruments of History

November 27, 2010

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I’ve been reading GeorgieBC‘s wonderful post on The Military Mafia. In it, Georgie mentioned J.F.K., and it reminded me of a piece by Borges I read some years ago. That, in turn, got me thinking about the U.S. media figures openly calling for action against Julian Assange, and the countless murderous commenters who seem to… [Read more…]

Why Do I Think Wikileaks Is Important?

November 15, 2010

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Wanting once to escape from a world where curiosity was no virtue, I made a circuitous approach to philosophy and higher learning. It was only gradually clear to me what universities were for. It seems I come late to most things in life. As late as my early 20s I felt as if my choices… [Read more…]

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