The Off Beat

musings, conversations, other words

By Andrew Duncan Worthington

Meditations on MEDITATIONS by Marcus Aurelius

A series of reflections on Marcus Aurelius’s MEDITATIONS and its connections to Lao Tzu, Nietzsche, Islam, Marx, Locke, and the challenge of living…

Jun 14 • Andrew Duncan Worthington

Socialist Stories: Labor Theory of Value

A republish of a piece out this week from Garden State Socialist.

May 24 • Andrew Duncan Worthington

Reading Next Sunday 11/23 in NYC

Nov 16 • Andrew Duncan Worthington

Is Digital Literacy Actual Literacy?

Jan 4 • Andrew Duncan Worthington

Unrequested Liner Notes to an Obscure Punk Album from 2006

Oct 5 • Andrew Duncan Worthington

The Cleveland Cavaliers Season is Over and an Objective Failure

Jun 1 • Andrew Duncan Worthington

Union organizing media/comms top s***shows

If you want to get everyone's attention, that includes ***holes.

May 17 • Andrew Duncan Worthington

The Party Questions

A short digression on the subject of political parties

Apr 26 • Andrew Duncan Worthington

The Testing Regime

A lightly edited rant on how standardized testing is ruining education.

Apr 19 • Andrew Duncan Worthington

Ibn Tufayl’s Hayy Ibn Yaqzan: The Self-Taught Philosopher

A rereading of Hayy Ibn Yaqzan—the early Andalusian Arabic novel depicting a self-taught island philosopher.

Mar 8 • Andrew Duncan Worthington

My Country's Wars, or An Attempt at a List

U.S.-Initiated Military and Federal Actions, 1987–2026, including all operations causing casualties or major damage worldwide. From Native American…

Mar 1 • Andrew Duncan Worthington

Super Bowl Sunday Book Report: thoughts on 3 books on American professional football

Gridiron football can bring people together but it can also tear them apart.

Feb 8 • Andrew Duncan Worthington

Notes on BLOOD IN MY EYE by George Jackson

Jackson was a communist militant leader who founded the Black Guerrilla Family and was incarcerated his entire adult life for stealing $71 from a…

Jan 19 • Andrew Duncan Worthington