Archive - Expanding Eyes: The Newsletter

June 2025

It is said that God gave us free will, intending it to be his greatest gift.

Jun 27 •

Michael Dolzani

A quick definition of “nostalgia” is longing for the good old days, and to some people the good old days were when words expressed what Descartes called…

Jun 20 •

Michael Dolzani

I finally got around to reading George Saunders’ Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Booker Prize in 2017.

Jun 13 •

Michael Dolzani

Here is another newsletter about liberal education.

Jun 6 •

Michael Dolzani

May 2025

A friend and I were exchanging childhood photographs, and I happened to send her one from when I was 13 years old, over 60 years ago.

May 30 •

Michael Dolzani

I cannot remember a time when I was not captivated by words.

May 23 •

Michael Dolzani

Last night, I awoke to realize that I had been dreaming of writing this newsletter.

May 16 •

Michael Dolzani

What is private, inescapably solitary and incommunicable, and what can be shared?

May 9 •

Michael Dolzani

One more on empathy, perhaps the most important of the lot, certainly the darkest.

May 2 •

Michael Dolzani

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