Hot Colonoscopy Summer

September 22, 2024

...ever, is the fact that a colonoscopy can prevent some terrible cancers that the home test kits can’t detect. Both times I’ve had a colonoscopy the doctor found and removed polyps. The gunk you have to drink and the time by the toilet during the prep time is a small price to pay for the peace of mind you get once you’ve checked off this important task. If your doctor wants you to get one make that appointment today....

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Brunch at the End of the End of History

Mr. Homegrown

November 14, 2024

Thoughtstylings

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...1930s, Reagan in the 1980s and the shape-shifting postmodern right of our time. By now, myself included, we’re likely fatigued by a tsunami of premature hot takes on the U.S. election results this month. At the risk of adding yet another, I want to mention one aspect related to our book and the subject of this blog. Specifically, I’ve long thought that what caused many of us to turn to pastimes such as gardening and cooking has a lot to do with a...

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Disaster Nationalism: A Politics of Cleansing Violence

Mr. Homegrown

November 28, 2024

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...I think about as I, and I’m sure many of you, struggle with the amount of time we are captured by the algorithms. Seymour has a new book out, Disaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilization that grapples with our present confusing moment. In the book Seymour analyses the international rise of authoritarian leaders in the U.S., Brazil, The Philippines, Hungary and elsewhere and how these emerging movements create compelling, though fals...

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The Gathering Storm

Mr. Homegrown

January 11, 2025

Thoughtstylings

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...us, who lived in Altadena at the time. In a recent column for the New York Times “As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles” Peter lamented the climate driven destruction of his former hometown. I’ve been watching this week’s tragedy unfold from afar, piecing the story together through local news reports and texts and videos from friends, some of whom have lost homes, trying to figure out what has burned and what hasn’t. Our...

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My Favorite Podcasts

Mr. Homegrown

March 2, 2015

Podcasts

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...balloon over the North Pole and Victorian children’s author Favell Lee Mortimer’s offensive travel book. In Our Time Host Melvyn Bragg corrals a posse of academics to discuss topics in history, religion and philosophy. When guests drop big words like “hermeneutics” and “teleology,” Bragg always brings them down to earth and makes them explain things in plain English. This show has filled in many gaps in my education and functions as a reminder th...

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