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Tuesday, June 6, 2017

IF THE PRISON DOES NOT UNDERBID THE SLUM IN HUMAN MISERY, THE SLUM WILL EMPTY AND THE PRISON WILL FILL

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The other day I stumbled upon an article on the "Pains of Imprisonment" by a scholar based in Oslo, Norway . The article (alleged...
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Monday, April 3, 2017

WITHOUT ART, THE CRUDENESS OF REALITY WOULD MAKE THE WORLD UNBEARABLE

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A couple of days ago, ISS member George Austin, from New Zealand, shared with me the following newspaper clipping:  He told me th...
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Monday, March 6, 2017

FINE ART IS THE ONLY TEACHER EXCEPT TORTURE

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Sometimes one gets carried away when browsing the Internet, and you end up reading an article published eight years ago . In this case, the...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

CHRISTMAS IS FORCED UPON A RELUCTANT AND DISGUSTED NATION BY THE SHOPKEEPERS AND THE PRESS

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Yes, my dear fellow Shavians. It's that time of the year again. The time of the year that, as Shaw put it, "Christmas is...
Thursday, October 27, 2016

ANYBODY CAN MAKE A BEGINNING: THE DIFFICULTY IS TO MAKE AN END - TO DO WHAT CANNOT BE BETTERED

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Just the other day I was turning over the pages of Music in the Air: The Selected Writings of Ralph J. Gleason , when I realized that he qu...
Sunday, October 16, 2016

THE MOST COSTLY BOOKS DERIVE THEIR VALUE FROM THE CRAFT OF THE PRINTER AND NOT FROM THE AUTHOR'S GENIUS

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A few months ago I came across a new bibliographical reference - almost by chance - of which I knew very little at first: only that its tit...
Sunday, September 25, 2016

TWO COUNTRIES SEPARATED BY A COMMON? LANGUAGE

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A couple of days ago a dear friend asked me if the oft-quoted line "the British and Americans are two peoples separated by a common la...