by svsauthor | Apr 28, 2019 | philosophy, Uncategorized
Last week was the anniversary of Aldo Leopold’s death in 1948. As all Leopold fans know, he died of a heart attack fighting a grass fire on a neighbor’s land. Wisconsin has a total of 72 counties, and none of them is named Sand County. There is a Richland County,...
by svsauthor | Apr 28, 2019 | old entries, philosophy, Uncategorized
Last week was the anniversary of Aldo Leopold’s death in 1948. As all Leopold fans know, he died of a heart attack fighting a grass fire on some neighbor’s land. Wisconsin has a total of 72 counties, and none of them is named Sand County. There is a Richland...
by svsauthor | Apr 20, 2019 | old entries, philosophy, Uncategorized
Last week my sister-in-law in Thailand told me her gardener returned to his hometown for the Thai New Year and never came back. She says that this happens to her on a regular basis. She pays well by Thai standards and also gives her worker a free place to live. About...
by svsauthor | Apr 13, 2019 | philosophy, Uncategorized
The recent college admission scandal has generated some excellent discussion, but it ignores the situation of most young adults. I am referring to the kids Hasan Minhaj on Patriot Act described as people who, rather than suing Harvard when they don’t get in, just get...
by svsauthor | Apr 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
The previous blog was about Henry David Thoreau’s concept of ‘living deliberately.’ The topic came up because one of my former graduate students and I just finished a magazine article about Walden. In the two months Sara and I have been collaborating on the...
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