The pre-Socratic philosophers are, to be blunt, intensely fucking exciting. They really are. And I think it’s...
Month: March 2010
Thinking about this some more, it appears Andrew has missed my point entirely. The aesthetic argument was...
It may be unfair to tar Philip Blond with David Cameron’s policy proposals, but this grab bag...
Andrew writes that my defense of the Pope is ‘incredibly wrong-headed and simplistic’ and then focuses entirely...
The Sand Pebbles and The Great Escape are two of my favorite movies , so I’m not...
“[T]his basic truth remains: the moral authority of Catholic church’s central authority is over. The only two...
In the Western* Christian Liturgical Calendar we are in the midst of Holy Week and fast approaching...
[updated] “I read the coverage of the Pope every day in the newspapers and listen to the...
Laurie Anderson’s releasing her first new studio album in ten years on June 15. Guests on it...
by: Dan Summers “The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”...
So young white conservatives are still making political rap videos. At least the production values on WOLVERINES’s...
Via Galley Slaves, here’s an amazing story on the exploits of an international art thief. The intro:
Can anyone say they were surprised? A leading Canadian psychiatrist who kept accusations of gross human rights...
Mark Thompson makes an excellent point below: Once we have embarked on a particular social program, it...
Jonathan Chait points to this entertaining article on Hall and Oates’ hipster comeback. I think we can...
Sappho is one of the first and greatest poetic singers of romantic longing and the ‘bittersweet’, an...
This is more for my own satisfaction than the edification of our readers, but I can’t let...
In the comments to E.D.’s post on a hypothetical tax on alcohol, Michael Drew writes: A significant...
Steve Clemons in a must read for today.
When I read E.D.’s piece on maybe teaching less math in elementary school, I figure that since...
