Word: borderland
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...minds drift back and forth between the sacred and the mundane: between our ideas, our myths about ourselves, on one hand, and on the other our everyday, mortal disorder, our contradictions, our injustices and our need for the law. In the borderland between the two realms we encounter the dangerous, interesting kingdom of lies...
...seek patterns. Politicians, commentators and storytelling media (movies, television) give us myths; to supervise everyday chaos, we need the law, especially in the borderland of lies. Last week the law did its work: a jury vindicated Pagones. It found that Sharpton and the others were guilty of defaming him. The jurors then withdrew to consider how much to assess in damages...