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June 26, 2018 Kevin Bondelli Comments Off on Civility and Evasive Thinking
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Civility and Evasive Thinking

The calls for ‘civility’ echo something that Václav Havel called “evasive thinking.” He opens his essay on the topic with the story of a woman who was killed by a fallen window ledge from a neglected…

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May 30, 2018 Kevin Bondelli Comments Off on Some Themes in Meg Wolitzer’s The Female Persuasion (Spoilers)
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Some Themes in Meg Wolitzer’s The Female Persuasion (Spoilers)

This was originally posted as a response on Reddit to someone who felt that the novel had nothing to say. This response assumes that you have read the novel. _________________________________________________________ I don’t think the novel is ultimately…

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May 15, 2014May 28, 2018 Kevin Bondelli Comments Off on Internet Fast Lane Explained: How it Resembles Mafia Protection Money
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Internet Fast Lane Explained: How it Resembles Mafia Protection Money

I put together a very short slide presentation. Internet Fast Lane Explained from Kevin Bondelli  

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June 13, 2013May 28, 2018 Kevin Bondelli Comments Off on Reading Women Writers #5: Meg Wolitzer – The Interestings
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Reading Women Writers #5: Meg Wolitzer – The Interestings

This is the fifth post in the Reading Women Writers series. I finished Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings weeks ago, yet I found it difficult to write about until now for a couple of reasons. First, it…

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June 7, 2013May 28, 2018 Kevin Bondelli Comments Off on How the Politicization of Terrorism Has Fueled Domestic Surveillance
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How the Politicization of Terrorism Has Fueled Domestic Surveillance

The hottest news item of the last 24 hours is the leak of a memo revealing a top secret NSA program called PRISM that allegedly gave the National Security Agency direct access to the systems of…

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May 21, 2013May 28, 2018 Kevin Bondelli Comments Off on Reading Women Writers #4: Isabel Allende – Daughter of Fortune
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Reading Women Writers #4: Isabel Allende – Daughter of Fortune

This is the fourth post in the Reading Women Writers series. Isabel Allende’s Daughter of Fortune tells the story of Eliza Sommers, an orphan that was left at the doorstep of an English brother and sister…

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May 16, 2013May 28, 2018 Kevin Bondelli Comments Off on Guatemala in the News and The Bean Trees
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Guatemala in the News and The Bean Trees

Last week I wrote about Barbara Kingsolver’s The Bean Trees as the second novel in my Reading Women Writers series. I wanted to briefly revisit it because of the recent news from Guatemala: On Monday, a…

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May 15, 2013May 28, 2018 Kevin Bondelli Comments Off on Reading Women Writers #3: Tsitsi Dangarembga – Nervous Conditions
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Reading Women Writers #3: Tsitsi Dangarembga – Nervous Conditions

This is the third post in the Reading Women Writers series. From now on the posts will be somewhat less formal and won’t be using MLA citations. Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions is set in 1960-70s Rhodesia…

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