New Philosopher

A diminished body

n the day of Barack Obama’s inauguration, sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America, the outgoing Vice-President, Dick Cheney, left the White House in a wheelchair. The American public watched Cheney make a slow descent on a makeshift ramp from the doorsteps of the White House to the limo. “There was clear evidence that all

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