Albert Camus

Webcomic: HERO

with allegorical overtones, written and drawn by Malaysian artist Hwei-Lin Lim. Its plot follows the travels of a boy with "no memory of the past and no urgency for the future" as he sets out to see the world and attempts to...

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Novak and Freedom: Summons of Freedom Conference, University of Notre Dame

By Peter Riola Special to ASSIST News Service BLAINE, MINNESOTA (ANS) -- Justice as such is not, like friendship, interested in the person in the relation, only that the relation itself be fair.” The University of Notre Dame’s...

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Does Albert Camus belong in the Pantheon?

The problem has less to do with Camus’ grandeur than with the tactics of Nicolas Sarkozy, says Henry Samuel. Albert Camus was also an accomplished goalkeeper Photo: AFP Albert Camus, the great humanist writer, will be turning...

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Being Retired Is No Excuse for Not Being a Continuous Learner

In fact, except for those with health issues that interfere with learning, there is no excuse for anyone to not be a continuous learner. In another couple of weeks, I will have been retired for 3 years. During this time, there...

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James Lawton: Westwood, Kakuta and Carter remind us sport still has the power to inspire

Of all the irrationality that has flowed in the wake of the Thierry Henry affair the prize surely must go to those who drone that we should never confuse the ups and downs of sport with those of real life.

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Every step you take boosts your buttocks

While gym lines form for treadmills and elliptical trainers, the stair climbing machine is all too often the neglected wallflower of the cardio room. But if you master the stairs, you will reap the benefits...

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Jacob on Finkielkraut

Didier Jacob remarks , quite justly, on Alain Finkielkraut's recent ubiquity and penchant for giving stern moral lessons on anything and everything to anyone and everyone. Having defended the artist Polanski and the remains of...

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Electric Lit Experiments with “Microserialization,” New Nook Delays, and More

Experts continue to warn about the implications of the new Google deal for “copyright orphans”; a museum of storytelling is planned in Oxford; Albert Camus’s son is fighting the “Panthéonization” of his father; the troubled...

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Plan To Move Camus's Grave Leads to Objection by Son

The recognition of Albert Camus as a Nobel Laureate led to a plan to move his grave. His son has objected on the grounds that his father wouldn't have wanted it this way. Geez, we don't even get to have our wishes granted after...

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Testing the frontiers of a new friendship

On 22 September, the World Bank put out a press release on the decision by its governing board to approve four loans for India worth $4.345 billion (around Rs20,250 crore)—the second largest volume of lending to a single...

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