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Cakey Hankerson

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. . . flights of fancy sprinkled generously with scatter-brained and sparkly tid-bits of actual value. It's just my brain, really. Full Disclosure: I'm an avid Fan of, lets face it, most things.

Speaking, Pursuing Wisdom, & Racism in America

I have thought a lot about voices this week, about the power and danger of words. If you know me, you probably know that I am a very verbal being. I love language, I love words, and I’m a verbal processor who enjoys “gaming out” information in ongoing intellectual dialogue. So the old axiom “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, then to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt” has…
“Did you know Shakespeare wrote King Lear while he was quarantined during the plague?”

Nick Martin, from “Against Productivity in a Pandemic,” The New Republic (17 March 2020)