Month: June 2011

The Practice of Wearing Clothes

The Guardian yesterday had an article about dress codes in Iran. In the summer, it seems, women seek cooler clothing than their hijab permits, and men gravitate toward shorts. All of these are banned clothing, which has led Iran...

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Summer (Sci-Fi) Reading

Once, in my graduate school days, I took Heidegger’s Being and Time on vacation. I was trying to squeeze in a bit of work during my free time.  Needless to say, it was difficult to pay attention.  Heidegger does not have a lot...

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