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A Bit of Americana: Estate Sales

I’d been to estate sales from time to time (those sales designed to empty the homes of the recently deceased, often organized by professional dealers), but I’d never been involved in one for a member of my own family.  An … Continue reading

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On Familial Obligation in America

Parker Shipton wrote a book entitled The Nature of Entrustment, which deals with the action implications of trust (“entrustment”) and of intergenerational and intra-familial obligation, among other things.  Although his book, which I’m only halfway through, focuses on western Kenya, … Continue reading

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