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Coming Full Circle.
I’ve been trying to write a life and revision update post for awhile. I wrote a bunch of stuff the other day, decided it was too personal, and chickened out of posting it. A lot of things are personal for me these days. I’ve taken to writing in a notebook, keeping a handwritten diary for the first time since high school, because my thoughts are so tumultuous I feel guilty subjecting on them on…
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What's In an Appeal? The Process in the Tsarnaev Case So Far
What’s In an Appeal? The Process in the Tsarnaev Case So Far
Artist’s rendition of how his year has felt to me. As we near the end of 2015, I must reflect on what a tumultuous year it’s been. At this time last year, I saw Dzhokhar’s trial approaching like a tidal wave coming from a long way off. A year ago, I still believed in the inherent success of the U.S. justice system. I thought whatever the outcome of the trial, I would have to shake my head sadly…
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Further Notes on Dr. Matthew Levitt’s Tsarnaev Trial Testimony: Junk Psychology, Islamophobia, and Bad History, Oh My!
Further Notes on Dr. Matthew Levitt’s Tsarnaev Trial Testimony: Junk Psychology, Islamophobia, and Bad History, Oh My!
It’s time to dive into some court testimony. I can think of no better place to start than with Dr. Matthew Levitt. As you may recall from my previous post, Dr. Levitt was an expert witness called by the government to discuss the “jihadi materials” found on the laptop of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. I have a few follow-up posts planned for the subjects brought up in that entry, but I think a clearer, more…
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Junk Psychology and Courtroom Islamophobia: A Breakdown of Motive as Presented in the Tsarnaev Trial
Junk Psychology and Courtroom Islamophobia: A Breakdown of Motive as Presented in the Tsarnaev Trial
I’ve been thinking a lot about motive lately. When I was in school for creative writing, I was taught all characters need motivation. Without it, they act in wanton and unbelievable fashion, and you will lose your readers because depicted events just won’t feel “real.” That’s the trick to being a good fiction writer: you have to understand the human condition well enough to simulate how things…
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Death Penalty Abolition, Accidental Terrorists, and What's Next
Addendum 1 - Your Responses: Death Penalty Abolition and Accidental Terrorists
I cannot stress enough how overjoyed I was at the quantity and quality of responses I received to my previous post about Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and what I observed at his trial. In addition to great reasoned and academic responses, I received a number of links to articles and videos to topics that bear relevance to this case, and I wanted to have time to discuss some of them in a dedicated space. It’s…
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Did Not Get a Fair Trial, and Here's Why
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Did Not Get a Fair Trial, and Here's Why.
The verdict is in: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will die by lethal injection. At twenty-one, he will become the youngest person on death row, sentenced in a state without the death penalty. Even among those directly affected by the Boston Marathon Bombing, there isn’t so much a sense of victory as one of unease. In a city where only twelve percent of the population favored the death penalty for him, people…
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Yesterday, I Saw the Boston Marathon Bomber
I stood mere feet from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
I don’t mean the fateful day of the 2013 Boston Marathon; I had the good luck to be outside the city on that day. Or any time previously, although we apparently traveled in similar circles: he lived in Cambridge; I worked there and lived nearby for awhile. I had a friend at UMass Dartmouth, where he was going to college. I teach at the community college…
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Eddie going to be like
he had it comin’
… | via Tumblr on We Heart It.
A secret ballroom lies under this lake, with a statue of Neptune above it. It was built in the late 1800s by Whitaker Wright, a businessman. The roof of the ballroom is paned in translucent glass to let light filter through from the water above. Now owned by entrepreneur Gary Steele, it lies empty. (Source)
by Sacha Goldberger
pictured: ladies and their dæmons
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Lee Plaza Hotel by Chris Luckhardt on Flickr.
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ricordo il profumo dei fiori by eLe_NoiR on Flickr.
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almost home by Jonathon Much on Flickr.
Lai N. Nguyen (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) BOTH: The Portrait exhibition, 2014
Digital Arts: Paintings
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have a seat by Jonathon Much on Flickr.
This new Hubble image is a snapshot of NGC 986 — a barred spiral galaxy discovered in 1828 by James Dunlop. This close-up view of the galaxy was captured by Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) (via A spiral in a furnace | ESA/Hubble)
