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My 2011 Essays and Second Takes

1 Boehner’s Moist Eyes: Reaching similar ends with discrepant means
1 (Second Take) Starting Over: By Diverse Means We Arrive at the Same End
2 Everyone’s in PR: On Saddness
2 (Second Take) Knight, Death and the Devil: On Sadness
3 Reagan at 100: Our Emotions Get Carried Away
4 Television Revolutions: How the Soul Discharges its Emotions Against False Objects when Tackling Real Ones
4 (Second Take) Anger Turned Inward: How the soul discharges its emotions against false objects when lacking real ones
5 Mubarak’s Options: Whether the Governor of a Besieged Fortress Should Go Out and Parlay
5 (Second Take) Sore Losers: Whether the governor of a besieged fortress should go out and parley
6 Egyptian Endgame: The Hour of Parlaying is Dangerous
5 (Second Take) All’s Fair: The Hour of Parleying is Dangerous
7 Keeping Score: That Our Deeds are Judged by Intentions
7 (Second Take) Letting Your Life Speak: That our deeds are judged by intention
8 Snow Day in Chicago: On Idleness
8 (Second Take) Writing Through the Gloom: On Idleness
9 Protesting Too Much: On Liars
9 (Second Take) You Have to Pick One: On Liars
10 The Art of Oratory: On a Ready or Hesitant Delivery
10 (Second Take) On the Couch: On a ready or hesitant delivery
11 Super Bowl XLV: On Prognostications
11 (Second Take) From Montaigne to Zizek: On Prognostications
12 Momentum Shifts: On Constancy
13 Dibs: Ceremonial at the Meetings of Kings
14 Does Evil Exist: That the Taste of Good and Evil Things Depends in Large Part on the Opinions We Have of Them
15 The Limits of Heroism: One is Punished for Stubbornly Defending a Fort Without Good Reason
16 Greater Patriotism: On Punishing Cowardice
17 Democracy: The Doings of Certain Ambassadors
18 “The Desperate Modern Need to Connect:” On Fear
19 Happy Endings: That We Should Not Be Deemed Happy Till After Our Death
20 On Morbidity: To Philosophize is to Prepare to Die
21 Montaigne and Howard Stern: On the Power of the Imagination
22 The Price of Freedom: One Man’s Profit is Another Man’s Loss
23 The Banality of Evil: On Habit and On Never Easily Changing a Traditional Law
24 Talent, Luck and Courage: Same Design, Differing Outcomes
25 The Wisdom Singularity: On Schoolmasters’ Learning
26 Philosophy for Kids: On Educating Children
26 (Second Take) On the Education of Children
27 Solving Mysteries: That it is Madness to Judge the True and False of our Own Capacities
28 Empty Space: On Affectionate Relationships
29 Rivalries: Nine-and-twenty Sonnets of Etienne de la Boetie
30 Sensibly Sensible: On Moderation
31 Conservatives: On Cannibals
32 The Illusion of Free Will: Judgments on God’s Ordinances Must be Embarked Upon with Prudence
33 Nihilism: On Fleeing From Pleasures at the Cost of One’s Life
34 Glorious Days: Fortune is Often Found in Reason’s Train
35 Inventing Battleship: Something Lacking in Our Civil Administrations
36 The Essayist’s New Clothes: On the Custom of Wearing Clothing
37 Idol Worship: On Cato the Younger
38 Nixon’s Fate: How We Weep and Laugh at the Same Time
40 Ghostwriting: On Cicero
41 Exemplar Irony: On Not Sharing One’s Fame
42 Content of Our Characters: On The Inequality There is Between Us
43 Consumption: On Sumptuary Laws
44 The 3 a.m. Phone Call: On Sleep
45 Rules of Engagement: On The Battle of Dreux
46 A Rose by Any Other Name: On Names
47 Debate: On the Uncertainty of our Judgment
48 Boys Toys: On Warhorses
49 Whims of Fashion: On Ancient Customs
50 Comedians Kill: On Democritus and Heraclitus
51 In Defense of Rhetoric: On the Vanity of Words
52 Entitlement: On the Frugality of the Ancients
53 The Failings of Stoicism: On One of Caesar’s Sayings
54 Halfway Home: On Vain Cunning Devices
55 Scent of a Philosopher: On Smells
56 Humanism: On Prayer
57 Elder Careers: On the Length of Life
(58) Character: On the Inconstancy of Our Actions
59 In Praise of Folly: On Drunkenness
60 Hyperboreans: A Custom of the Isle of Cea
61 Gossip: Work Can Wait Till Tomorrow
62 Torture: On Conscience
63 Introspection: On Practice
64 Genius: On Rewards for Honor
65 Kids: The Affection of Fathers for Their Children
66 Suits: On the Armor of the Parthians
67 Wisdom: On Books
68 Virtue: On Cruelty
69 Leap of Faith: An Apology for Raymond Sebond
70 Cobain: On Judging Someone Else’s Death
71 Strange Loops: How Our Mind Tangles Itself Up
72 Security: That Difficulty Increases Desire
73 Doug Wilder: On Glory
74 Rambling Along: On Presumption
75 Faults: On Giving the Lie
76 Exhaustion: On Freedom of Conscience
77 Joyfulness: We Can Savor Nothing Pure
78 Obama: Against Indolence
79 Instant Messages: On Riding ‘In Post’
80 Metaphors: On Bad Means to a Good End
81 Generosity: On the Greatness of Rome
82 Illness: On Pretending to be Ill
83 Carlos May: On Thumbs
84 Power: On Cowardice, The Mother of Cruelty
85 Withdrawal: There is a Season for Everything
86 Montaigne’s Philosophy: On Virtue
87 Juxtapositions: On a Monster-Child
88 Freud: On Anger
89 Exemplars: In Defense of Seneca and Plutarch
90 Caesar: The Tale of Spurina
91 Tolstoy: Observations on Julius Caesar’s Methods of Waging War
92 Expectations: On Three Good Wives
93 Countdown: On The Most Excellent of Men
94 Wrap-Ups: On The Resemblance of Children
95 Quixote: On the Useful and the Honorable
96 Morality: On Repenting
97 Pastimes: On Three Kinds of Social Intercourse
98 Persuasion: On Diversion
99 Sexuality: On Some Lines of Virgil
100 Politics: On Coaches
101 Daley: On High Rank as a Disadvantage
102 Debate: On the Art of Conversation
103 Greatest Hits: On Vanity
104 Will to Power: On Restraining Your Will
105 Witches, Birthers and Deathers: On the Lame
106 Death and Influence: On Physiognomy
107: On Experience

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