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There are different kinds of justice. Retributive justice is largely Western. The African understanding is far more restorative—not so much to punish as to redress or restore a balance that has been knocked askew.
Desmond Tutu, “Recovering...
Sometimes the silence can be like the thunder
Bob Dylan, “Love Sick”
Try to recall a time when you suffered some sort of acute pain. It could be physical, psychological, or both. What did you do to cope? How did you make it through till...
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I am helping train public defense leaders for the National Association of Public Defense this week, so I can’t record a new essay. Enjoy this blast from the past instead.
Well, the neighborhood bully, he’s just on...
It’s certain there is no fine thing
Since Adam’s fall but needs much labouring.
William Butler Yeats, “Adam’s Curse”
The title of this essay—“A Dumpster Fire in a China Shop”—is what we call a mixed metaphor. That’s when we make a compa...
Education is not an affair of “telling” and being told, but an active and constructive process.
John Dewey, Democracy and Education
Just add water.
My first years as a full-time English professor were amazing. I had wonderful colleagues...
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