Contrary to the promises in earlier newsletters, I can’t provide new pictures of the Postrels in our garish Princeton Reunions gear. The best I can do are a couple of shots from ten years ago. We didn’t make it to our 40th Reunion because my favorite classmate suffered a minor but extremely painful tear in his calf muscle while innocently throwing a blanket onto the bed. Flying cross-country for several days of intense standing and walking (not to mention dancing) wasn’t going to happen.
I agree that it's sad that many people have traded 'purity' for any kind of _sympathetic_ connection to major parts of the past.
Yes, lots of people have made mistakes, even terrible ones, and even mistakes sufficiently awful that is in fact morally justified to fight an actual massive, kilo/mega-death war to correct them.
But there's always so much more to be admired and treasured about the past, and our ancestors and predecessors. And the same's almost always true about our present selves too!
Sadly, I don't feel really much connection to my own alma maters; not enough to ever attend a reunion so far anyways.
Are any of the materials for your courses available online?
I agree that it's sad that many people have traded 'purity' for any kind of _sympathetic_ connection to major parts of the past.
Yes, lots of people have made mistakes, even terrible ones, and even mistakes sufficiently awful that is in fact morally justified to fight an actual massive, kilo/mega-death war to correct them.
But there's always so much more to be admired and treasured about the past, and our ancestors and predecessors. And the same's almost always true about our present selves too!
Sadly, I don't feel really much connection to my own alma maters; not enough to ever attend a reunion so far anyways.
Fun to read your stories and see pictures of reunions. I’ve never attended one.