Tagged: Memory
Reconstructing Trauma
Perhaps the most important thing to understand about memory is that it is fiction.
Plasticity of Memory, Principles of Charity, and Pugilistic Punditry
The New York Times triggers a disappointing demonstration that for some, fighting might be more important than winning.
Lessons From Bar Fight Litigation
By special request: Burt Likko reflects on a dozen or so not-particularly-glamorous cases from early in his career.
How My Daughter Taught Me to Love Myth-Making
Today my daughter would have been four years old. Though Vivian is no longer with us, we will celebrate her birthday this evening, lighting a candle, and in its glow, dine and sing and...
Sleep!
An old friend of mine, who I knew as a guy whose career was just taking off, is now everywhere in Austin. I mean, there are pictures of him on the scrolling advertising screens...
Loneliness and Loss
Not so long ago, I met a young couple who had unexpectedly lost their newborn baby shortly after birth. Upon my first seeing them, their heads were bowed and their eyes were downcast. Both...
