June 2023 Reading
June 29, 2023
Each month this year I’m trying to read at least one political/historical work, and one novel in Italian. Unfortunately, the political works, I’m spending a
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Grateful
June 26, 2023
Our friends are leaving today. They arrived in the states back on June 6th, but didn’t start staying with us until June 14. They are
Record of Youth- What Price Fame?
June 22, 2023
I’ve been watching a Korean show on Netflix called Record of Youth. The story centers around 3 characters: Sa Hye Jun, a male model and
Italian Consulate
June 15, 2023
Went to the Italian consulate in Los Angeles today with my son so he could get his passport. Security has gotten much stricter there and
New Pic
June 12, 2023
I’m about 2.5 months in from having stopped the medicine. And I’m down to below 165 lbs. So this is the updated photo to document
Excerpts from James Mill’s Elements of Political Economy- Marx (1844)
June 11, 2023
I probably dived more into this section than any other because it covers some of the foundational arguments for Marxism. Unlike some of the other
Marx and Abstraction
June 10, 2023
Marx makes a lot of how others ‘abstract’ concepts. This is something I’ve been struggling with in Marx, so I found this article, which does
Isaiah 1
June 10, 2023
I started reading through Isaiah today. The first chapter starts with a condemnation of Israel’s rebellion. Israel had rebelled against the Lord, forsaken Him, turned
“Come Away with Me”
June 10, 2023
I was reading through the last 4 chapters of the Song of Solomon today. I know there are different interpretive frameworks for the book: a
On the Jewish Question- Marx (1843)
June 9, 2023
I’m indenting my own comments, rather than using the indent for quotes, because I wanted to set them apart. SummaryThere was, at the time, a
“I have more intellectual pursuits, and less intellect with which to pursue them.”
The domain name is a play on my name: David Laurance. David is of Hebrew origin and means something like “beloved”, and my middle name “Laurance” is derived from the name of a great aunt “Laura” back somewhere in the ancestry. The male equivalent is Lawrence, or Larry…. so… “beloved Larry” > everyone loves Larry.