Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Sunday, June 28, 2015
'Don Juan' shipwrecked upon the Greek Isles Lord Byron
Let not his mode of raising cash seem strange,
Although he fleeced the flags of every nation,
For into a prime minister but change
His title, and 'tis nothing but taxation …
Friday, June 26, 2015
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Friday, June 19, 2015
Charleston, and the dyspeptic journalistic hangover
The wretched aftermath of Charleston: reading trite bien pensant arguments in the press over the right terms, terrorism, hate crime. Few appear to be willing to reckon with the term evil, which ironically, the victims and their Church would have understood. The lazy degraded dialogue will content itself to condemning racism ( righteously found to be bad), or gun control (those with the misfortune of having a good memory will recall the bombing of the 16th St, Baptist Church in Birmingham). Theodicy will await another time.
Have a good weekend, and a last tip for those partial to charcoal barbeque - the New York Times, packed with deep insights about the Confederate flag and Kanye West , will light this up nicely.
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Monday, June 15, 2015
Friday, June 12, 2015
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Monday, June 8, 2015
Young Orchard - Richard Wilbur
These trees came to stay.
Planted at intervals of
Thirty feet each way,
Each one stands alone
Where it is to live and die.
Still, when they have grown
To full size, these trees
Will blend their crowns, and hum with
Mediating bees.
Meanwhile, see how they
Rise against their rootedness
On a gusty day,
Nodding one and all
To one another, as they
Rise again and fall,
Swept by flutterings
So that they appear a great
Consort of sweet strings.
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Friday, June 5, 2015
Thursday, June 4, 2015
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