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    Dizzy Rants

    Free Love, Store Runs, and Marian the Contrarian

    Free love has always sounded like a splendid idea. It has romance, rebellion, idealism, and absolutely no mention of stopping at the store on the way home. This is probably why most philosophies work better before groceries become involved. In the Dizzy Rant on free love, every attempt to reach some grand conclusion about freedom, passion, and human possibility is interrupted by another request to pick something up. Milk. Bread. Probably paper towels. Civilization may collapse, but apparently we are still out of coffee. That is the trouble with freedom. Everyone claims to support it in principle. In practice, they would prefer that you remain available by phone. Society celebrates…