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Breathing life into capital September 4, 2024
Hymns August 16, 2024
Tips for thinking about moral arguments June 30, 2024
Do I violate the utilitarian standard by loving my children? June 24, 2024
Is J.S. Mill’s utilitarianism really “ethics” at all? June 23, 2024
2023 Book Reviews January 1, 2024
Pascal’s wager: a reasoned argument for why you should give up reason October 2, 2023
Second reading of Plato’s Apology: the folly of trying to prove that nobody knows anything September 5, 2023
Progress and goals after two years of study June 13, 2023
Why democracy may not be compatible with revolutionary socialism April 7, 2023
Plato’s Theory of Forms makes for problematic political philosophy March 17, 2023
When ‘dialogue’ is a distraction: totalitarianism in Plato’s Republic February 17, 2023
Civil disobedience as a moral act: quick thoughts after reading Crito by Plato January 15, 2023
2022 Book Reviews December 30, 2022
First reading of Plato’s Apology: philosophy as a pious act December 25, 2022
Scattering democracy to preserve it: quick thoughts after watching Trump’s announcement speech November 19, 2022
Embarking on a course of study: Marxism April 8, 2022
2021 Book Reviews December 30, 2021
Leukemia Journal 5: Home for Christmas December 26, 2021
Leukemia Journal 4: Slow Gains November 13, 2021
Leukemia Journal 3: Returning Home November 1, 2021
Leukemia Journal 2: Meds! October 24, 2021
Leukemia Journal 1: The Beginning October 21, 2021
Everything in your life should be active except your ego: tips from The Bhagavad Gita June 12, 2021
My entry for the NYC Contemporary Music Symposium June 10, 2021
Questions I’d like to ask a physicist March 3, 2021
Leaving the City, and Alone in the High Desert February 4, 2021
Personal Goals 2021 January 1, 2021
2020 Book Reviews December 30, 2020
Recording: Looking for a Sunset Bird in Winter November 28, 2020
Jackdaw String Quartet (Complete) November 20, 2020
The Metamorphosis November 9, 2020
Memories of the Ghetto September 24, 2020
Thoughts on writing about Marxism July 3, 2020
Milena June 22, 2020
The Hunger Artist May 21, 2020
Piano Sonata No. 2 (Complete) February 21, 2020
Who Am I Stealing From Today? (Makoto Ozone) February 19, 2020
Lovejail December 2, 2019
When it all clicks… October 9, 2019
Looking for a Sunset Bird in Winter September 10, 2019
Of Dream and Delirium August 2, 2019
Romance May 31, 2019
Quiquern (Complete) April 23, 2019
Quiquern: The Magic Songs and Hunter’s Return April 16, 2019
A Letter to My Father February 4, 2019
Letting Myself Fall January 11, 2019
My favorite non-fiction books (and audio books) January 9, 2019
One time I lost everything I’d ever written. This is what I wrote next. November 20, 2018
Music that reminds me of drinking absinthe in Prague November 5, 2018
Grandma’s Potato Gnocchi all’Amatriciana November 4, 2018
Today my son was born October 13, 2018
The Painted Bird June 11, 2018
Music that reminds me of dog sitting April 12, 2018
Marshmallow April 8, 2018
Who Am I Stealing From Today? (David Wise) March 26, 2018
Thoughts on Quiquern: Music can reveal that all humans are one family January 28, 2018
Quiquern: Village Dance January 5, 2018
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio: Divine and Free December 26, 2017
Sketching a symphony December 20, 2017
Quiquern Part Two: The Dog Sickness December 5, 2017
Jack’s Sonata November 16, 2017
The Songwriting Club September 10, 2017
Quiquern Part One: The People of the Elder Ice September 1, 2017
San Rocco a Pilli August 28, 2017
Wagon ruts August 23, 2017
Creating parts (aka how I avoid actually writing new music) August 13, 2017
The prodigal piano returns August 8, 2017
Learning how not to be American August 7, 2017
Cooking in Rome with my special buddy July 29, 2017

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