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Why Priests?

Leah Libresco September 4, 2013

"[In Why Priests? A Failed Tradition, Garry] Wills sees the pomp and circumstance of church as drawing our attention away from the God who became Man and directing it towards just one particular man, swathed in robes and standing front stage center. But when an actor puts on costuming and grease- paint, she does it to become… Read More

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Philip Pullman’s Grimm Fairy Tales

Leah Libresco January 17, 2013

"Why does God feel so far from the magical world? Fairy tales are, after all, not anarchic; there is a strong moral compo­nent to many stories (the virtuous third son succeeds where his vice-ridden broth­ers have failed; secret sins are revealed gro­tesquely). In addition to law, there is some kind of law keeper, since justice… Read More

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“Didn’t you ever break on the floor?”

Leah Libresco August 12, 2012

This post is a follow-up to a reflection on how going to rationality camp made me really grateful for my college debate experience.   “Break on the floor” is, I’m pretty sure, part of the Yale Political Union vernacular, so a definition is probably in order.  Our debates operated by Robert’s Rules of order, but our parliamentary debate style bears… Read More

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The gift my weirdo debate friends gave me

Leah Libresco August 11, 2012

Tonight is the summer alumni debate of my philosophical debating group, and I’ve had an awkward time every time someone has asked me what we’re planning to debate. You see, our topic for the night is “R: Heighten the Contradictions,” which tends to throw people for a loop if they were expecting “R: Elect Obama” “R:… Read More

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