Diaries

The Logos of Paris

Submitted by detroitmechworks on Tue, 08/07/2018 - 9:12am

I alone took the actions that needed to be done
and it was right and proper that the gods paid
me honors, bribes and flattery. For I know
that it is only the bold that is favored.

For when man speaks of Achilles, they shall always
remember the man who felled the unbeatable.
My greatness, my wit. For it was the great love herself
upon our lover's bed who granted me wisdom's virtue.

Tuesday Open Thread: the sea of deception

Submitted by phillybluesfan on Tue, 08/07/2018 - 5:00am

When we forget that politics is about weaving a fabric of compassion and justice on which everyone can depend, the first to suffer are the most vulnerable among us—our children, our elderly, our mentally ill, our poor, and our homeless. As they suffer, so does the integrity of our democracy. —Parker Palmer

(Our BFFs the Saudis did this): Saudi Arabia appeared to threaten Canada with a 9/11-style attack in a feud over human rights

Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Mon, 08/06/2018 - 4:26pm

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