Warning: transgressive erotic fiction Arrested attention: someone different, special, fascinating. Immediate, compulsive search for detail. Look but do not stare. Try to breathe normally. What about J demands & delights attention? Uniquely fine jawline; strong hands; poise; command. More though: something extraordinary, but what? Time passes. Familiarity breeds… more intense fascination. J identifies as…

OK. First a dictionary style definition; then, engagement with your argument (or mode of argument). Disgust: a visceral response of recoil from an experience or idea. Disgusting: something generating such a response. Examples: contamination of food with excreta; gratuitous cruelty; war; ideas such as justification for slavery. …

War Reciprocal of Trade This claim — that war & trade are mutually exclusive — seemed profound when first encountered. I later learned it has long (for millennia) been a commonplace among people who think about history. Startling at first, its truth is quickly obvious. Trade In trade, groups obtain goods &/or services from each…

Yes, change is necessary & inevitable. You define "institutional structure" as 'accepted practice as well as large-scale organizations' & group them all as structural. I think they might be better considered separately. The core institutions, common to all nation-states, are: executive, judiciary & legislature. (Listed in order of evolutionary separation.)…

An Inflammatory, Auto-Immune, Neurological Disease Introduction My wife, Jeni, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in October 1980, after her second neurological episode within a few months. We had recently celebrated her 27th birthday & our 5th wedding anniversary. This article is about MS & its effects upon Jeni, me, & our relationship. What is Multiple Sclerosis? MS is an…

Aspergillus: a ubiquitous fungal spore In my early 40s two events threatened my life. First, my sinuses were blocked solid for 5 months. I could not breathe through my nose. Radical ethmoidectomy (removal of nasal turbinates in the ethmoid sinuses with a chisel) is dangerous because bone between sinus & brain is thinner than eggshell…

You ask: what the hell is it about the Catholic Church as an institution that breeds such misery? The problem is not limited to the Catholic Church, nor even to churches. It is entirely general: wherever a group of humans has power over another, there will be abuse. This does…

Governments have danced to the tune of armaments suppliers & contractors for 'defence' installations... for generations. Ike go it right, not from prescience, but because he could already see it happening. Agriculture & Pharmaceuticals companies have long been well entrenched in policy formation too. …

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