Harmony, Authentic or Contrived: On ‘Power, Pleasure, and Profit’
Wootton’s notion of practical Aristoteilian-esque virtue in the face of limitless appetite is compelling, and he stakes his claims persuasively.
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Hell Doesn’t Discriminate: On ‘Spoils’ by Brian Van Reet
War often becomes about survival; the rest is noise and silence.
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Why We Read and Why We Write
What we gain by reading is what we often strive for in life when we’re actually thinking about what we want.
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Rising Waters: On Omar El Akkad’s ‘American War’
El Akkad deploys a subtle critique of torture as not only immoral, but ineffective -- and a direct critique of the Bush administration’s embrace of torture and Donald Trump’s lurid flirtation with it.
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