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Theologian Karl Barth regarded Mozart as a great religious artist, not because of the liturgical settings of his music but because of his “childlike awareness of the essence or center—as also the beginning and the end—of all things.” Barth dreamed that he was assigned to examine
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died Dec 5, 1791. "I never lie down at night without reflecting that--young as I am--I may not live to see another day. Yet no one of all my acquaintances could say that in company I am morose and disgruntled. For this blessing I daily thank my Creator."
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The master had always been adept at making friends. It was just a matter of knowing people’s weaknesses, shared love of sport, and threshold for humiliation. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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The Master’s Award was presented annually for outstanding service to the estate. After careful deliberation, the master determined (for the 4th consecutive year) that he himself was the obvious recipient. He was both “proud and humbled” by the honor. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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I would be glad to listen to Paul Giamatti read the phone book.
My latest: a piece for @NewYorker about Paul Giamatti's sly, unsonorous reading of Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" - done bootleg-style for @92Y's new series of commissioned readings newyorker.com/culture/cultur…
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Many people express very certain opinions on this subject without having known and loved actual transgender people.
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Should we take comfort in the fact that the president has proved too stupid, lazy, and incompetent to effect the wholesale subversion of democracy? That he has nor actually imprisoned his rivals, executed whistleblowers, declared martial law or deployed mutant sharks with lasers?
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What if next time we face not a fake Mussolini, but a real Mussolini? What comfort is there in the fact that GOP officials even now, in the face of his insane, seditious, and paranoid ravings about the election, refuse to speak out and say, “Now you have gone too far?”
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The guardrails of democracy are not just laws, norms, and regulations—but public officials with a sense of courage and decency and higher commitment to principle than to their own power.
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A beautiful excerpt from the new book by @Pontifex and @austeni --about how each of us face our personal "covids"--and how we may emerge better or worse.
Pope Francis: The Covid of Córdoba was a real purification. It gave me greater tolerance, understanding, the ability to forgive, and a fresh empathy for the powerless. And patience: a lot of patience. americamagazine.org/faith/20…
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Following the example of his father, the master had always maintained a meticulous record of alibis for every day of his life. It clearly followed that all the witnesses were mistaken. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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The master’s attorney suspected the conspiracy against them extended far beyond the crown prosecutor. How far? To the mayor, the governor—dare he say it, the to Tsar himself? The master shuddered to realize they were entering anarchist territory. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Johann Baptist Metz blog.giveusthisday.org/2020/… via @giveusthisdaylp
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As a last resort, the master’s attorney floated what he called the “birdcage” option: “They can’t arrest us if they can’t recognize us!” And for the first time, the master appreciated the true seriousness of his situation. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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