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Laying Waste Our Fields
“That day when Turnus raised the flag of war… The high commanders… From every quarter drew repeated levies And laid the wide fields waste of their field hands.” Virgil, The…
Pass the Biscuits
From Reason, Jesse Walker, ace archivist/alchemist of Americana, on the toothless but entertaining populist Texan Pappy O'Daniel.
Asking for Direction in Baffling Times
"All Italians, all the Oenotrian land, Resorted to this place in baffling times, Asking direction; here a priest brought gifts..." Virgil, The Aeneid What do I do now? I often…
Against Scaling Up
In The Atlantic, Cambridge professor Antara Haldar tells the story of Oregon's Stumptown Coffee, and how being bought by Peet's last October could, "corrode the very core of what has, so far, sustained…
Back to Ohio
From the New Oxford Review, Part Two of Will Hoyt's survey of eastern Ohio...featuring a triple play of Traci Lords, Clement Vallandigham, and H.H. Richardson!
When a Child Leaves Home
“Darling, haven’t you ever heard of a delightful little thing called boarding school?” So Baroness Schraeder responds to Max’s inquiry how she will deal with seven children upon wedding Captain…
One Good Politician
It can be discouraging watching people vie for political power. That they are motivated by a concern for our good is often hard to believe. A man like Aristides is…
Ciceronian Society conference, March 10-12
A note from our friends at the Ciceronian Society about their upcoming conference: The Ciceronian Society invites you to their sixth-annual conference at Mount Saint Mary's University, March 10th-12, 2016…
Belloc on the New Year
"On New Year's Eve, at about quarter to twelve o'clock at night, the master of the house and all that are with him go about from room to room opening…
What Aristotle Says about Christmas
My piece at Ethika Politika: Aristotle's Key to Christmas
If I Were a Carpenter/And You Lived in Cadiz….
From the New Oxford Review, Will Hoyt on his move from Berkeley to eastern Ohio.
Aristotle on Talking to Yourself
“The virtuous man wishes to converse with himself.” Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, IX Conversations with oneself. They could be a sign that something is wrong. But done well, they are a…
