The Philosopher's Stone

A Commentary on the Passing Scene by Robert Paul Wolff rwolff@afroam.umass.edu

Friday, July 30, 2021

UNWORTHY THOUGHTS

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I have been appalled, angered, mystified, and frustrated by the belligerent refusal of so many Americans – even healthcare workers – to get ...
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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

GOOD NEWS

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Next spring semester, starting in early January, I will be teaching an advanced undergraduate course in the UNC philosophy department. The t...
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A LITTLE BOY WAS TENDING SHEEP

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Several of you mocked me for describing the Republican Party as a full on fascist party. Lord, how I hope you are right! How I hope that I a...
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Monday, July 26, 2021

A VERY LONG ESSAY FROM LONG AGO

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30 years ago, in the fall semester of 1991, I taught a graduate seminar at the University of Massachusetts on the subject of ideological cri...
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Sunday, July 25, 2021

NOW LET'S BE SERIOUS

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As usual, a good deal happened while I was away: the terrible flash floods in Germany, the raging fires on the West Coast, the assassination...
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Saturday, July 24, 2021

THERE AND HOME AGAIN

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I am home again and there is a great deal to say about the terrible things happening in the world, but let me begin with a comic episode fro...
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Monday, June 28, 2021

WE STILL HAVE PARIS

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Tomorrow, after two years, Susie and I will return to Paris. It turns out we do not need a PCR test to get into Paris but we will need an an...
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Robert Paul Wolff
As I observed in one of my books, in politics I am an anarchist, in religion I am an atheist, and in economics I am a Marxist. I am also, rather more importantly, a husband, a father, a grandfather, and a violist.
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