Here’s something different- one of my paintings. It’s the second painting I’ve ever done, so be kind;...
Rufus F.
Rufus is a likeable curmudgeon. He has a PhD in History, sang for a decade in a punk band, and recently moved to NYC after nearly two decades in Canada. He wrote the book "The Paris Bureau" from Dio Press (2021).
After the jump, a somewhat disturbing pencil and white gouache drawing by Hans Bellmer, which appeared recently...
(Update: One line changed to directly quote Megan McArdle instead of inaccurately summarizing her position.) I think...
Author, poet, farmer, activist Wendell Berry was recently honored at the White House for his contributions to...
The other night, some history grad students were at a local bar socializing and sharing our gripes...
I’ve always had a bit of a Napoleonic streak, and so, in spite of my first post...
This is the third version of the story of the gruesome murder of Clytemnestra and her lover...
“An interminable making of interpretations is the duty of the teacher; in this duty of mindfulness, never...
My sister, who lives in Rabat, Morocco, has been told to stay home today and later in...
After the jump a bronze scupture by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt from his series of 64 Canonical Grimaces...
At this year’s Society for French Historical Studies (SFHS) conference in Charleston, South Carolina, there was a...
Over at Bust Magazine’s blog, I paid tribute to the voluptuous Tura Satana (recently departed) star of the cult...
In a previous discussion, I used the awkward term “inner states” to describe the religious experience, attempting...
After the jump, a watercolor painting of a lion-tailed macaque by an unnamed Chinese artist (circa late 1820s)...
After the jump, the sculpture ‘oversikt’ by the artist Jone Kvie from the “launch” series at the...
Over at Inside Higher Ed, Stephen Brockmann apologizes for the culture war having politicized the humanities in the 80s:...
After the jump, an oil painting by Toronto artist Ryan Dineen, from a series opening today at the Show...
I was struck by this line in E.D.’s fine recent post on centralization: I think there is profound...
Anecdotal evidence about academia’s race to the bottom: a local university emailed our graduate department- they’re offering...
