Showing posts with label contrarianism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contrarianism. Show all posts
Saturday, February 16, 2019

Just an off-the-cuff rumination about taking our sweet time to get it right.

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Being a contrarian is a house specialty of mine. I persevere, but it's a thankless task. My resolution for the year 2019 is that wh...
Sunday, December 02, 2018

Hello Wendy, Part Two: "Are dissidents born or made? A humanities major examines his life and locale."

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Gibberish, isn't it? Previously: Hello Wendy, Part One: In which we are properly warned not to heed the oligarchs' call to dis...
Thursday, July 19, 2018

ON THE AVENUES: Confusion, exile, ignobility and resistance amid various other Chronicles of New Gahania.

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ON THE AVENUES: Confusion, exile, ignobility and resistance amid various other Chronicles of New Gahania. A weekly column by Roger A. Bayl...
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Wednesday, July 04, 2018

Paine & Pleasure, Part 2: A design for life.

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Part one of "Paine & Pleasure" urged you to think about Thomas Paine on July 4. In retrospect, this repeat of a column wri...
Saturday, March 03, 2018

You're adept at making tons and tons of money? That's nice. Now, get off my porch.

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A few weeks back, I began to compile a list of the idols that get extremely short shrift in this contrarian's world. These are the ten...
Monday, January 01, 2018

THE BEER BEAT: "The Drinking Bout in the Cathedral Porch," or why it's time to make the Feast of Fools great again on New Year's Day.

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For a long time on New Year's Day, I've tried to set aside an hour for listening to this compact disc from way back in 1992 -- altho...
Thursday, May 18, 2017

ON THE AVENUES: Are dissidents born or made? A humanities major examines his life and locale.

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ON THE AVENUES:  Are dissidents born or made?  A humanities major examines his life and locale.  A weekly column by Roger A. Baylor. S...
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Thursday, May 12, 2016

ON THE AVENUES: A design for life.

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ON THE AVENUES: A design for life. A weekly column by Roger A. Baylor. Throughout my decidedly mediocre high school basketball career,...
Thursday, November 05, 2015

ON THE AVENUES: Confusion, exile, ignobility and resistance.

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ON THE AVENUES: Confusion, exile, ignobility and resistance.  A weekly web column by Roger A. Baylor. Recently I overheard a conversat...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

The contrarian's Thanksgiving and Black Friday observances.

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In the context of real American history, to the exclusion of mythology and wishful thinking, the holiday we term "Thanksgiving" is...
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