more than 95 theses

2009

December 66
November 35
October 39
September 50
August 103
July 142
June 64
May 91
April 75
March 104
February 85
January 84

2008

December 90
November 64
October 32
September 52
August 79
July 38
June 53
May 56
April 74
March 58
February 83
January 63

2007

December 56
November 63
October 81
September 86
August 1
July 63
June 82
May 48
April 53
March 73
February
January
“Anglicans may say there are four “Instruments of Communion,”...”
— Archbishop Henry Orombi of...
Jul 31st
“The people of Ireland remained in ignorance of the reality...”
— Kevin Myers
Jul 31st
my favorite restaurant and its political...
Jul 31st

back to the Mac

Just concluded a visit to family in Alabama, and I’m quivering with anxiety. Using Windows...
Jul 31st
Is Google making anyone else stupid?
Jul 19th
“A recent mission to Iraq headed by top archaeologists from...”
— WSJ
Jul 19th
“I am more worried by people growing up unable to tie a...”
— George Dyson
Jul 19th
children and happiness
Jul 18th
“The loss of quality civic education from so many of our...”
— Sen. Barack Obama
Jul 17th
Morning at the Arboretum. That’s pond scum, not ice;...
Jul 17th
Jul 17th
Beatrix Potter, via Bibliodyssey
Jul 17th
Crackergate: take three
Jul 16th
Crackergate: take two
Jul 16th
Crackergate: take one
Jul 16th
“Once you get to Judy Garland or Marilyn Monroe or Billie...”
— Andrew O’Hagan
Jul 16th
Frank Chimero, via Hoefler & Frere-Jones
Jul 15th
“We are distressed by the evangelical atheists, who are...”
— Roger Scruton
Jul 15th
Can’t resist posting one more of these. Larger version...
Jul 14th
Warch Watch
Radiohead, “House of Cards” (hat tip to Monoscope)
Jul 14th

Lud-in-the-Mist

Several people over the years have encouraged me to read Lud-in-the-Mist, a 1926 novel and the only...
Jul 14th
the anguish of the Christian libertarian
Jul 14th
The Phaistos Disc may be a fake
Jul 14th
“The questions posed by the poetry are few, a finite set, but...”
— Stanley Fish on John Milton
Jul 14th

more from your host

I’ve never wanted to blog, but when Reihan Salam asked me to write for The American Scene — this was...
Jul 12th

always right

The trouble is that it is difficult to tell the truth about oneself. It’s difficult to locate the...
Jul 12th
Jul 12th
over my house last night
Jul 12th
Paul Klee, “Ad Parnassum” (1932); Kunstmuseum,...
Jul 9th

Archbishop Rowan Williams, a sermon...

Into this darkness comes Jesus to release us in our prison and make us, as the Prophet says,...
Jul 9th

a word from your host

This tumblelog will probably be going on hiatus for a while, with light posting or none at all....
Jul 6th

Hitchens, waterboarded

You may have read by now the official lie about this treatment, which is that it “simulates” the...
Jul 4th

The Rising Sun Anger Release Bar

Online, many Chinese are worried — about the safety of their daughters, the marriage prospects of...
Jul 3rd
“Report: 98 Percent Of U.S. Commuters Favor Public...”
— America’s Finest News...
Jul 2nd
Jul 2nd
That’s the front cover. Cool. I want to buy the whole...
Jul 2nd

method as metaphysics

Those who would use science to solve real human problems often must first translate those human...
Jul 2nd

Keats

Yet the consolations of poetry, as “Posthumous Keats” reminds us, last only as long as the poem...
Jul 2nd