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A Pool In Time Saves You From Heatstroke
By
Catherine Connors
We have, in our yard, one of those big inflatable pools. It’s hideous. It sits there, a big, lumpen water-patty, a bright blue squatting round thing, looking like the effluent of a giant Michelin Man after too many blueberries. I was not supportive of the idea of installing it, but my husband had dragged it…
These Boots Were Made For Not Walkin’
By
Catherine Connors
This is what you do when everyone in your household is horribly, vomitously, lung-hackingly ill but someone still needs to go to the corner to get toilet paper and you figure that even though you can barely stand you might as well be the one to do it because you seem to be able to…
Dear PETA: A Mother Is A Mother Is A Mother Is A Mother. NOT A Dog.
By
Catherine Connors
So when I said, the other day, that I avoid getting myself into a state of outrage? I might have lied, because it seems that nearly every day these days there is some fresh evil provoking me to outrage. Last week, it was non-consensual nether-probes being performed on Canadian women; today, it’s disturbing diaper ads…
So Jesus, Socrates And A Blogger Walk Into A Bar: Reflections On Being Good In The Internet Age
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Catherine Connors
Here’s the thing about doing good, and it’s a moral problem that philosophers and theologians have worried over for millenia: is there such a thing a pure altruism? Do we ever – can we ever – really do good without considering – even just a little teeny eeny bit – how doing such good is…
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