Quote of the Day: Orwell on Conrad
I have been rather busy of late, what with soccer, lawn mowing duites, and my mother visiting I haven’t had much time to read or post. Content has been a ...
Author: Kevin Holtsberry
I work in communications and public affairs. I try to squeeze in as much reading as I can while still spending time with my wife and two kids (and cheering on the Pittsburgh Steelers and Michigan Wolverines during football season).
On this day: T.E. Lawrence died
Literary/history buffs might be interested to know that on this day in 1935 T.E. Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia”) died in a motorcycle accident at th...
Quote of the Day: Art
On a personal level, too, art is life intensified: it delights more deeply, consumes more rapidly; it engraves the traces of imaginary and intellectual adventur...
Book Lists: Once more with feeling!
I know readers of this blog never tire of gaining an intimate knowledge of just exactly which books I have read. In that spirit I offer yet another list. This o...
Thought for the day: Generalists versus Specialists
Generalists are superficially mistaken about a great many subjects; specialists are profoundly mistaken about a few. — Walter Russell Mead in Power, Terro...
The Fall of the Berlin Wall by William F. Buckley
A short and concise history of one of the most compelling symbols of the Cold War.