Ways to Read the World

A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death — the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders we are not going to be judged.

— Czeslaw Milosz, born in 1911

James Caan, Star of ‘The Godfather’ and ‘Misery,’ Dies at 82 Wall Street Journal.

Michael Rosen marks Anne Frank anniversary with new poem | Anne Frank | The Guardian

Get a Sneak Preview of the 2022 Bird Photographer of the Year Finalists

Czesław Miłosz's Theological Two-Step.

Poets are full of contradictions. It is one of the tools of the trade. Here’s one of Miłosz’s contradictions, but only an apparent one: while entertaining these thoughts, these heresies, he faithfully attended the stucco, Spanish revival-style Church of Mary Magdalen in Berkeley every Sunday. He sat towards the back of the church, and some remember him serving as an usher. Another colleague remembers a time when the pews were being replaced, and all had a dispensation to sit, rather than kneel, after communion. Milosz kneeled on the floor nevertheless. And he was on his knees praying for a long time.

 once upon a time: Men between ages of 19 and 25, you too can go to far away places, meet interesting people, and then kill them!

Solove, Daniel J. and Schwartz, Paul M., An Overview of Privacy Law in 2022 (April 1, 2022). Chapter 1 of PRIVACY LAW FUNDAMENTALS (6th Edition, IAPP 2022), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-26, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2022-26, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4072205

“Chapter 1 of PRIVACY LAW FUNDAMENTALS (6th edition, IAPP 2022) provides an overview of information privacy law circa 2022. The chapter summarizes the common themes in privacy laws and discusses the various types of laws (federal, constitutional, state, international)

7 Sites to Identify the Owner of a Phone Number

MakeUseOf: “Phone numbers are a little like fingerprints; they can reveal a lot about a person, for example, their name or number where they live. If you received a call from a number you don’t recognize, the following resources can help you identify the caller before you ring them back. One option even calls the number for you…”

 … Ways to Read the World by Robert Scotellaro

… Water: A Visual and Scientific History by Jack Challoner

… Central Air by George Bilgere.

… Head-On by Rich Youmans.

… The Butterfly Cemetery by Frana Mancinelli Translated by John Taylor

… Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata.

Harold Rosenberg was a harsh critic, especially of himself. Intellectual independence demanded scrutiny of his own “decayed absolutes” Decayed Absolutes  

If any one book can explain America's illusions about itself, it is Gone With the Wind. Or so says Sarah Churchwell Gone with the Wind 

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: “Are We Still Monogamous? And 6 Other Questions to Ask Your Partner.”