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I wanna know what love is, and I want you to show me (weekly)
By David Williams · Launched 3 months ago
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The Idiot … on love
Many years ago, I got permission from The Idiot to publish his quirky musings on the foibles of being human. Well, he’s back. Because this dark world needs more idiots.
Jun 17
So, suffering is a good thing, right?
Suffering heightens our sense of jeopardy; it raises the stakes and sharpens our awareness of the jouissance of life ... so that's gotta be a good thing, right?
Jun 15
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Where did all the compassion go?
The US Supreme Court misses the point with its ruling on abortion — in the same way the church too often misses the point.
Jun 27
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He was waiting for a box of berry tarts
David Tolmie, who was almost 80 when I first met him, taught me that we never stop hoping for love, in all its forms, whatever the age.
Jun 13
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Burning out or fading away
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My body is a cage
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Where did all the compassion go?
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Well, well, well, what's going on ere then?
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A peculiar greeting
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Love, having become a god, becomes a demon
C.S. Lewis said it in The Four Loves — we can give our own love a form of divine authority. And it's a problem that may be impacting you more deeply…
Jun 11
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This is NOT a love song
Cathedral walls crashing, heaven's gates coming down, angels hiding their faces in shame ... but this classic song by Sting is not about love, it's…
Jun 8
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A shock to the system
Church abuse, school massacres, war in Europe ... the daily news cycles are pretty bleak. But our default human state — what it is to be — looks nothing…
Jun 2
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Everybody Digs Bill Evans
A famous jazz trio explored what it takes to create truly conversational music, and in the process created a metaphor for love
May 30
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The Formula One of love encounter
Love encounter, the centrifugal and centripetal forces of togetherness and differentiation, are like an F1 race car attacking a corner — if it's not…
May 25
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind
A conversation with a Shakespeare scholar on the bard's interpretation of love leads to deeper thoughts on the nature of reality
May 23
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Well, well, well, what's going on ere then?
This is content from the newsletter's new "About" page, which I think explains the changes well. If you have any questions, please shout out
May 20
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Why I’m relaunching so soon ... and so late
Some new beginnings are too important to delay
May 19
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Where did all the compassion go?
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A peculiar greeting
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