Blogs about: Naivete

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358: Curiosity in a complacent world

PeaceLily wrote 1 day ago: I’m having a difficult evening. It comes on so sudden sometimes. A wave of depression. Alth … more »

Tags: Complacency, Curiosity, Depression, Dreams, intelligence, Lead, Malls, mood disorder, numb

Illegals, Can You Please Leave? Thank you.

tsfiles wrote 2 days ago: Government invites illegal immigrants to turn themselves in, but offer draws no takers … more »

Tags: protecting our borders, Illegal Aliens, Illegal Immigration

Spot the difference: innocent or naïve?

Matt wrote 1 week ago: What’s the difference and does it matter? See what you think… Do join in the conversatio … more »

Tags: kids cartoons, TV, Culture, Society, Mark Driscoll, Worship, Innocence, Children, Idolatry

Astounding Foreign Policy Naiveté33 comments

David M. Manes wrote 1 week ago: As this election cycle trudges on, it seems increasingly clear that McCain’s good reputation w … more »

Tags: 2008 Election, International Relations, Politics, Foreign Policy, G8, McCain, Russia, Straight Talk

Laruelle5 comments

Joseph Weissman wrote 2 weeks ago: Notes on the Preface of Laruelle’s Critique of Deleuze “There is reason to revolt against the p … more »

Tags: being, Communication, Deleuze, immanence, language, Laruelle, Paradox, Philosophy

"Indiana" Barack and the Temple of Naivete

tsfiles wrote 2 months ago: Jerry Holbert … more »

Tags: Barack Obama / The Messiah, The War On Terror, Terrorism

Sailing to Byzantium1 comment

lovethequestions wrote 3 months ago: That is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees - Those dy … more »

Tags: Age, Intellect, Poetry, Yeats

Becoming a monster

Subversive Asset 4.0 wrote 4 months ago: I believe I wrote a crappy poem about this, so I’ll write it again in prose. Have you ever fea … more »

Tags: Personal Words Of Wisdom, Metamorphosis, change, uniqueness, fear of change, status quo, Negative Change, Faith, Skepticism

Rock Band

geekbard wrote 4 months ago: The problem with Rock Band Is that it convinces everyone, And I mean Everyone!, That they could be i … more »

Tags: Video Games, rock band, Music, Foolishness

yeah.

ashpash wrote 5 months ago: Yeah.  That sums it up. I am not really at liberty to talk about something I heard today, but I ha … more »

Tags: My Unimportant Life, Trust, Bullshit, lies, Betrayal, Half Truths

Innocence, naivete and trust4 comments

lirone wrote 5 months ago: I’ve been thinking a lot about trust lately. In my last relationship I was naive and far too t … more »

Tags: Loving, Living, Recovering, Planning, Relationships, Breaking Up, Trust, Innocence

Another Invite

kwjwrites wrote 6 months ago: I’ve been asked to speak at a local high school (Olympus High) at the end of this month.  I a … more »

Tags: Blogroll, personally, The Business Side of Writing, High School, intimidation, overcoming fear, Pay it forward, School Visits, Students

Be a skeptic, not a cynic or a naive person

Roger Costello wrote 7 months ago: When confronted with a factual claim: A skeptic demands evidence A cynic doesn’t demand evid … more »

Tags: Brooks Jackson, cynic, Cynicism, Gullibility, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, naive person, Skeptic, UNSPUN

Miscellanea: the zoom-effect of everyday life2 comments

neophyte wrote 7 months ago: Today: I set to work at last on the rest of the applications. Still to go: University of Stillanothe … more »

Tags: Academe, benefits of disorientation, newsyness, Capital P Politics, Work, Libraries

For David B.8 comments

teaspoon wrote 9 months ago: By request. I am supposed to be writing essays for a very important fellowship application that is d … more »

Tags: stupidity, bad relationships, Indonesia, Emotional Abuse

In which mouse is embarrassed to find that her sense of entitlement is hanging out9 comments

neophyte wrote 10 months ago: So, reader. I said that I have no doubts or reservations of any kind about my new university. This i … more »

Tags: Brit Uni, lower case p politics, Libraries, petri-dish, Academe, lowercase p politics

Conferences, collaboration, and academic narcissism (v. 1)11 comments

neophyte wrote 10 months ago: I now know why people often find it so instructive (among other less superlative qualities) to atten … more »

Tags: Brit Uni, Academe, snark, Ambition, dis-cip-lin-a-ri-ty, grad school

Pissing On American Express, or, Hot Air into Action3 comments

noma wrote 11 months ago: The hair that broke. Oh, I meant pissing off. So sorry. Do I sound angry, bitter, resentful? I am an … more »

Tags: aa, Addiction, American Express, charlatans, consumerism, Credit Card Debt, Debt Slavery, Despair, Financial Responsibility

In which mouse has had a birthday, and thus muses inanely on aging4 comments

neophyte wrote 11 months ago: Reader, your mouse is now twenty-four years old. She is beginning to think that she will always feel … more »

Tags: growin up


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