Trying to Be Like Them
“It is for you to try to be like them.”
Pericles’ Funeral Oration
I have to admit a problem that I’ve had with Memorial Day. I’ve...
The Gift of Spring
“Nor would the stress
Of life be bearable for tender things
Did not so long a respite come between
The cold and heat, and heaven’s indulgence grant
This...
Localist Roundup: American Exceptionalism
According to this piece, online grocery shopping is on the up and up. Meanwhile, this article describes something similar happening with book subscriptions.
This article...
Localist Roundup: Polar Vortex
As I write this, it's cold.
On the political front, this piece tells that the Senate recently propelled a unemployment benefit extension past a key...
Localist Roundup: Horse-Drawn Carriages and Portable Churches
This article reports on the continuing saga of legal challenges to NSA data collection. In other court news, as the Affordable Care Act goes...
Localist Roundup: Walmarts of Higher Education
Happy New Year!
Tomorrow, the Affordable Care Act takes full effect.
In other news, this piece looks at Census Bureau statistics and analyzes population shift in...
What We Wish at Christmas
In practicing the rites of worship men hope that they will be vouchsafed a share in the superhuman abundance of life. From time immemorial,...
Localist Roundup: Deals and Decisions
This week's news is mostly on the political front. A budget deal seems ready to go through the Senate, wrapping up the congressional conflict...
Teaching Responsibility
Ischomachus’ wife: “My mother told me that my job was to be responsible.”
Ischomachus: “Yes, my dear, of course, my father gave me the same...
Localist Roundup: Grants for Local Food and Transcendentalists with iPhones
The Black Friday shopping binge starts earlier still this year.
On a less depressing note, these study results tell something about how women influence men....