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Tag: Ethics

  • Veni, Vidi, Vaccine

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    K. L. Homme
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    Siri announced that I had arrived. I turned off NPR, shut down my Subaru Forester, and began fumbling through my documents.  Photo ID? Check.  Kaiser card? Check.  Face mask? Ready.  I put my documents into my wallet, slid it into my right back pocket, stepped out into the parking lot, and strapped on my mask. I checked the…

  • Of ICE and Men: Curley Editon

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    K. L. Homme
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    I’ve never told this story. It still makes me blush, even now, though it happened about four decades ago, when I was in seventh grade. “Man is the only animal that blushes—or needs to.” — Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil Every so often—working in the garage, mowing the yard, taking out the trash—the memory jumps out from…