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aka Lesley Hazleton -- an agnostic eye on religion, politics, and existence
The Accidental Theologist being stranger.
May 22
The Accidental Theologist commented on Ai Weiwei Has Made a Metalish Music Video About Prison.
The Accidental Theologist commented on Ai Weiwei Has Made a Metalish Music Video About Prison.
His best work yet.
May 11
The Accidental Theologist commented on If You and Joan Didion Were Onstage Together in Front of 2,000 People, What Would You Ask Her?.
The Accidental Theologist commented on If You and Joan Didion Were Onstage Together in Front of 2,000 People, What Would You Ask Her?.
I wouldn't ask her this, not after the deaths of both husband and daughter, but still, it occurs to me to wonder if she still heads for the morgue when in a new place. She once wrote that she and her husband used to do that, on the theory that the morgue had much to reveal about what was really happening under wraps, as it were. Did they really do it regularly, or just once or twice (in Salvador, for instance)? Come to think of it, I don't even know where the Seattle morgue is...
Most of all, though, I want to know when her next book is coming out, because Didion is one of the handful of writers -- a very small handful -- who makes me want to read anything at all by her.
Most of all, though, I want to know when her next book is coming out, because Didion is one of the handful of writers -- a very small handful -- who makes me want to read anything at all by her.
May 7
The Accidental Theologist commented on Don't Watch this Video of Well Regulated Militia Being Shot to Death by the Police.
The Accidental Theologist commented on Don't Watch this Video of Well Regulated Militia Being Shot to Death by the Police.
Thanks @53. Enough with all the armchair psychiatrists and video-game experts here. Two small-town police officers suddenly faced with this, out of nowhere? My sympathy is entirely with them. This video constitutes a horribly cogent argument for police departments being in the lead on the effort to get proper gun control.
Apr 20
The Accidental Theologist commented on The Great Music Writer Ann Powers, Nick Drake's Voice, and the Big-Eyed Shepherd Girl at the Frye.
The Accidental Theologist commented on The Great Music Writer Ann Powers, Nick Drake's Voice, and the Big-Eyed Shepherd Girl at the Frye.
It was endless love for a year or two, which is how endless love is when you're 14 or 15: Modigliani's women. Now they make me think of anime art. I still like his etiolated sculptures, though.
Mar 24
The Accidental Theologist commented on Help This Verbose, Paragraph-Averse Woman from Scotland Find the People She Stayed With in Medina in 2009.
The Accidental Theologist commented on Help This Verbose, Paragraph-Averse Woman from Scotland Find the People She Stayed With in Medina in 2009.
Where have all the built-in bullshit detectors gone?
Whoever the Espinozas are, they surely don't deserve this kind of trolling.
Whoever the Espinozas are, they surely don't deserve this kind of trolling.
Mar 20
The Accidental Theologist commented on My Hope for the Pope.
The Accidental Theologist commented on My Hope for the Pope.
Isn't it weird that it now feels kind of transgressively radical to come out as a Catholic?
If I was Francis, I'd beatify you, Ms Brown!
If I was Francis, I'd beatify you, Ms Brown!
Mar 19
The Accidental Theologist commented on Because You Can't Get Enough Francis In Your Life, Apparently.
The Accidental Theologist commented on Because You Can't Get Enough Francis In Your Life, Apparently.
Oy.
Mar 6
The Accidental Theologist commented on A Note from the Editor About the March 6, 2013, Issue.
The Accidental Theologist commented on A Note from the Editor About the March 6, 2013, Issue.
Delicious. So good to be in touch with one's inner Julie Andrews.
Mar 4
The Accidental Theologist commented on Researchers Discover Thousands More Nazi Ghettos and Camps Than Previously Thought.
The Accidental Theologist commented on Researchers Discover Thousands More Nazi Ghettos and Camps Than Previously Thought.
Excellent linkage of the two stories.
What strikes me is how easy it is to seek refuge from history in the presumption of irony.
What strikes me is how easy it is to seek refuge from history in the presumption of irony.
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