True story: In college, I took a class on the 17th century Dutch Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza and we examined his signature work "Ethics." I tried very hard but understood very little, though statements such as "When the mind imagines its own lack of power, it is saddened by it," did speak to me with a certain unintended irony. Gina Williams and Brian Harrower, center, are flanked by Patrick Murphy, left, a…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AM on January 11, 2013