Author: M.C. Allison
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My Utopian Vision Includes Peace and Opportunity
Reading history, today’s headlines, and predictions of the future, one could give up hope, believing humans will destroy each other. War after war, and stunning inequalities are the norm. But there have been great thinkers who wanted peace. Some made great strides toward that, and the developed world has made progress compared to earlier generations.…
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Interview With Vijay R. Nathan, Part of the New Wei Collective
Vijay’s Website Tickets to his upcoming show in late March: The Monsoon Warrior The New Wei Radio Free Brooklyn The Truth to Power Show First of all, I’m fortunate enough to have librarian colleagues and friends who are creative types. I feel that if I went the lawyer route, like a lot of English majors,…
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Does Being Critical Make One An Expert, or Simply Jealous?
My question with this entry is whether being critical of creative things shows expertise or a kind of jealousy in a way. For myself, I seem to be uncritical of anything. If I don’t like a song, I skip it. If I’m in a museum and don’t like an art piece, I move onto another…
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January Winning, Working Out Everyday for a Month
My sister and I had a friendly wager of working out for the month of January. The rules were something using body weight and something for the core each day. Anyone that browses the msn and yahoo walls for clickbait knows there are thousands of articles on tips for workout challenges with a timeframe to…
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School Book Challenge in NYC, and A Rant
(The views expressed in this blog entry are my own, and not necessarily the library system I work for.) My friend asked her son if he had read the book. He responded yes, and he liked it. My friend read the book herself and thought it was fantastic. They had a thorough and positive discussion…