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Conquering the Darkness Within

By Robin Bates | Published: February 22, 2024

Pratchett’s novel “Thud!” is a plea to find inner strength rather than yielding to blind rage.

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Pratchett’s Solution to Police Violence

By Robin Bates | Published: September 22, 2020

Wednesday That Breonna Taylor’s family is receiving a $12 million settlement and the promise of police reform following her wrongful shooting by Louisville police is in part a testimony to Black Lives Matters protests and other instances of public pressure. Without them, we might not even know her name. With that in mind, I return […]

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Battling Our Inner Darkness

By Robin Bates | Published: September 15, 2020

Terry Pratchett’s “Thud!” deals with violence–both the violence we are witnessing around us and the violent thoughts these call up within ourselves. It helps explain police brutality.

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