by Richard Subber | Oct 17, 2022 | Language, Tidbits
Don’t delete this just because it looks weird.
Believe it or not, you can read it.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid.
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy,
it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are,
the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the fisrt and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can stlil raed it wouthit a porbelm.
This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef,
but the wrod as a wlohe.
Amzanig huh?
Soruce ukwnnon
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Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2022 All rights reserved.
The Future of News (book review)
…the blind managers of television, newspapers…
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As with another eye: Poems of exactitude with 55 free verse and haiku poems,
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by Richard Subber | Oct 14, 2022 | Book reviews, Books, Human Nature, Reflections
a natural part of human life
Book review:
How Religion Evolved: And Why It Endures
by Robin Dunbar
New York: Oxford University Press, 2022
330 pp.
I think this is a fair although much too brief summary of Dunbar’s conclusions: people created religion because it feels good and it works for human beings in many ways.
Dunbar, an Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Oxford, doesn’t deal with faith.
How Religion Evolved explores the mental, emotional, social, and psychological dimensions of all the world’s religions, including the very early animist/shamanic religions and the more familiar doctrinal religions that dominate today.
An element of his discussion is the social bonding process and a particular foundation of the “set of cultural criteria that function mainly as cues of community membership, and hence trustworthiness” that Dunbar labels “the Seven Pillars of Friendship.” (p. 107)
These are: sharing the same language, place of origin, educational trajectory, hobbies and interests, worldview (religious, moral, and political views), musical tastes, and sense of humor.
Think about how your family members and friends match up with you on these scales.
Dunbar concludes that religion—the long and the short of it, the wide and the narrow of it, the shallow and the deep of it—is naturally a part of human life.
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Book review. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2022 All rights reserved.
Book review:
American Scripture:
Making the Declaration of Independence
…basically, it’s trash talk to King George
by Pauline Maier
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In other words: Poems for your eyes and ears with 64 free verse and haiku poems,
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by Richard Subber | Oct 12, 2022 | Human Nature, Language, My poetry, Poetry
…the vanishing point…
Love has a name
She imagined bliss in the dark
on the cool sand.
He numbly spoke his part
in a lovers’ quarrel.
She offered him so many futures together,
paired, and shared.
She offered one exotic future
in her ruby world.
She heard the lovers’ music,
not knowing that he danced
to familiar rhythms
without hearing the tune
that chimed in her heart.
She offered him their futures,
but he ensnared that single one
that would make them one,
he could not release it
to her nurture and her joyful care,
he stole the ruby future and ran away.
He left a lonely rose
and a note with two words
that she could not accept,
and he rushed to the vanishing point
on his horizon.
She held his note, signed with his “G”…
she stared at her empty horizon,
with barely hot tears,
she shuddered in the first searing sadness,
knowing that she had never spoken his name.
Feb 26, 2021
Inspired by The Good Karma Hospital, a 2017 TV series that ran for three seasons. In the last episode, Dr. Ruby Walker learns that her love affair with Dr. Gabriel Varma isn’t a love affair, and is only another example of Dr. Varma’s pathetic inability to make a commitment.
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My poetry. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2022 All rights reserved.
American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle…
Colin Woodard makes it easier to understand…(book review)
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My first name was rain: A dreamery of poems with 53 free verse and haiku poems,
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Your comments are welcome—tell me what you’re thinking.
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by Richard Subber | Oct 5, 2022 | American history, Book reviews, Books, History, Politics
a casual look at Civil War history
Book review:
A History of the People of the United States
During Lincoln’s Administration
by John Bach McMaster
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1927
693 pp.
This is an intriguing historical excursion into American history from the vantage point of 1927.
McMaster’s style is notably less than academic—his very casual quotation style is a distraction.
Basically, he offers a sometimes superficial political perspective on the origins, conduct, and denouement of the American Civil War.
A well-informed reader can skim A History without undue loss.
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Book review. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2022 All rights reserved.
Old Friends (book review)
Tracy Kidder tells truth about old age…
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Seeing far: Selected poems with 47 free verse and haiku poems,
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