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by Larry DeWitt


"Scribbling Foxes"
is the manuscript of my unpublished book of essays. I started working on this book more than 20 years ago, writing an essay whenever the spirit moved me. I am hard to move. Consequently, the book never really got finished, and half a dozen additional essays remain in various states of incompleteness. When the spirit moves me again, I hope to complete the remaining essays and add them to the book. I have decided to publish the work as it stands here on the Web since it's likely that I will never get around to completing it and transforming it into dead tree decorations.

 

Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Essays On Science

The Arrow of Time
The King's Foot
Bland Pudding
Darwin Never Met My Wife
Real Science
Computers
Ode To The Dullard
Knot Theory

Chapter 2: Essays On Ethics

One Shouldn't Eat One's Friends
War Toys
The Mother of All Battles
The Crew of the Enola Gay
America
The Gun Under My Pillow
Cloning The Buddha

Chapter 3: Cultural Commentaries

Small Towns
Blowin' Smoke
Crystal Cola
Memories
Contagion
The Saving Graces of "The Sun"
"Big Daddy" Where Are You Now That We Need You?
A Curmudgeon's Complaint
Chain Letter Cake
Mirrors
Sisyphus At Sixty
An Overlooked Mess

Chapter 4: Life & Death

Alberto
AIDS
The Prospect of Immortality
HRD
A Fine Gray Dust
God's Gifts

Chapter 5: Matters Philosophical

The Nature of Enlightenment
Not The Buddha's Four Noble Truths
Karma
Reconciling Science & Religion
Dick & Jane Redux
Kant & Creativity
Firewalkers
God Is Good
Once And For All

Chapter 6: Politics

Official English
MLK Day
Ways & Means
Run Pat Run
Politics As Usual
The Hatch Act

Chapter 7: Autobiographical Scribblings
August Moons
Brushes With Grace

Chapter 8: Pot Shards

Pot Shards

Chapter 9: Prosettes

Prosettes

 

APPENDIX: The Enlightenment Papers
The Enlightenment Papers

All material copyright by Larry DeWitt 1982-2006