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Marino tackles insomnia in 'Times'

By David Gonnerman '90
March 31, 2010

"Drip, drip, drip — that’s what insomniac thoughts feel like, a leaky faucet behind the eyes," begins Professor of Philosophy Gordon Marino in a recent New York Times piece. "Last night the ideas were plinking; forehead-pounding regrets over past deeds, horrid fantasies, car crashes of expectations, unrealizable longings. It’s sheer torture. I don’t deserve it! Drip: Or maybe I do."

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.