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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Sir Thomas More To William Roper From A Man For All Seasons

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William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law! Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to...

Thursday, April 14, 2022

Veganism And Ethics

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Note to someone: You’ve gone quiet on me so I’ll get right to the argument I want to make. It is that there are some moral ideals of conduct...

Monday, April 11, 2022

Another Another Brief Note On The Many Saints Of Newark, Specifically On Michael Gandolfini’s Portrayal Of Tony Soprano

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On The Many Saints Of Newark, a problem with Michael Gandofini as Tony Soprano is there nothing in him or what he does that suggests the lar...

Saturday, April 9, 2022

A Few Scattered Notes On The Many Saints Of Newark

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The Many Saints Of Newark improves with each viewing. I checked some reviews. The bad ones have a misconception. They say the film suffers f...

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

A Friend’s Short Incisive Note On Compatibilism

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I'd add that the compatibilist argument, as I see it, hinges on the notion that we have different frames, or modes, or systems for copin...

Sunday, March 20, 2022

On Misreading A Point Made By Jonathan Gottschall

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Jonathan Gotschall: “In the very act of generating empathy for protagonists and victims, storytellers simultaneously produce an extreme du...

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

A Note On Being 2/3ds Through Jimmy Breslin’s The Good Rat: A True Story

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I’m 2/3ds through Jimmy Breslin’s 2008 The Good Rat: A True Story. It’s essentially about Burton Kaplan, who dealt with various mobsters, ...

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itzik basman: I got my B.A. in English Literature from the University of British Columbia ("U.B.C."). I got my Secondary School Teaching Certificate from U.B.C. and my Masters degree in English Literature from U.B.C. writing my 125 page Masters' Thesis on the novels of Mordecai Richler. I attended Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, graduating with my Juris Doctor . After articling and completing the Ontario Bar Admissions Course, I was called to the bar in Ontario. I have practiced law to date in Toronto, specializing in Family Law, Civil Litigation, and Appellate Advocacy. I have pleaded cases in all civil Ontario courts, including many times in the Ontario Court of Appeal, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada. I practice law under the firm name Itzik Basman Barrister, James Rose, my former associate, having died January 23, 2011. I published on line in 2004 my extended essay on "Hamlet, entitled Futility As Tragedy: An Interpretation Of Hamlet". It can be found at Lulu.Com. It was critically reviewed both in Kritikos and Politics and Culture. I live in Toronto.

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