Why We Need the Tabloids – NYTimes.com. The tabloids may test the limits of the ethically or legally acceptable, but they are often doing so in the service of a popular desire to see behind the facade of public life. They rely on the appeal (a very human one) of seeing elements of our societies [...]
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Why We Need the Tabloids – NYTimes.com
Posted in Opinion, tagged free speech, truth on July 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Poetry and Truth
Posted in Essays, tagged philosophy of literature, Poetry, truth on February 2, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Analytic philosophers, in their presumption, assume either that such statements have no philosophical importance, or that they in fact are or contain analytic satements and thus can be dealt with rationally.Groundwork for a Poetic MetaphysicsEmotive statements are important, however, because emotions clearly affect how we percieve and interact with the world…. And though the dictionary meaning may be close enough to communicate and to do scientific work, it is manifestly false to say that such a definition is in any way true.The way in which we use the word truth is the key to understanding how we use language.
Bending the Truth
Posted in Ideas, tagged Autobiography, truth on January 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Idea Review Michiko Kakutani’s: “Bending the Truth in A Million Little Ways” The New York Times has a very interesting article on the Million Little Pieces brouhaha by the inimitable Michiko Kakutani. Her article, called “Bending The Truth in a Million Little Ways” talks about a lot of issues that interest me–truth, lies, objectivity, the [...]


