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"Something has happened to the fabric of society"
This essay contrasts Mister Rogers' vision of neighborliness with the harsh treatment of legal immigrants in the United States, focusing on the case of Kseniia Petrova. It explores how class resentment and institutional silence have enabled arbitrary cruelty toward those who came here to contribute.04-13-2025
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Amor Mundi 7/13/14
This week, we recognize the value of life projects such as filmmaker Richard Linklater's "Boyhood," wonder about the meaning of public art, and celebrate education as an introduction to wonder for young people.07-14-2014
Irony and Theodicy: Laughing out Loud about the Gravest of Moral Disorders
Scholar Michael Weinman discusses Arendt's use of the term "irony" in her report on the banality of evil.07-14-2014
The Unknown Within Ourselves
In this week's Weekend Read, we realize that our privacy is being lost not because technology can take it from us, but because we have forgotten why it is important in the first place.07-12-2014
Video Archives - Lunchtime Talk with Robert Pogue Harrison (2011)
In this week's Video Archive, we look back at our 2011 Lunchtime Talk with Professor Robert Pogue Harrison on the surprising pervasiveness of thought in our lives.07-10-2014
José Ortega y Gasset on Thinking
José Ortega y Gasset discusses the relationship between thought and survival in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.07-09-2014
Google Books and the Problem of Tradition
Martin Wagner uses Arendt's analysis of Kierkegaard, Marx, and Nietzsche to discuss the benefits and costs of Google Books.07-07-2014
Amor Mundi 7/6/14
In this week's Amor Mundi, we identify the need to re-imagine and re-invigorate America's ideals, observe the connections between Instagram and the primary genres of Western secular art, and appreciate Proust's masterpiece every time we read it.07-07-2014
Independence Day: Reexamining America's Core Ideals
In this Weekend Read, we reflect on Independence Day, the motivations behind the Declaration of Independence, and how we can reclaim America's ideals today.07-05-2014