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Asides

  • April 14, 2016
    On an intercontinental flight these days one has dozens of options. Not only do they have the most recent movies…
  • April 6, 2016
    "Through delayed fulfillment, good desires grow stronger." Gregory the Great Almost fifty years ago the famous marshmallow experiment suggested the…
  • March 23, 2016
    “Men and women, however, live together not only to procreate children but also to have whatever is needed for life.…
  • March 4, 2016
    “That day when Turnus raised the flag of war… The high commanders… From every quarter drew repeated levies And laid…
  • February 29, 2016
    In the past two generations, the average house size has nearly doubled, while family sizes have decreased. Chris Wiley, a…
  • February 25, 2016
    From Reason, Jesse Walker, ace archivist/alchemist of Americana, on the toothless but entertaining populist Texan Pappy O'Daniel.
  • February 24, 2016
    "All Italians, all the Oenotrian land, Resorted to this place in baffling times, Asking direction; here a priest brought gifts..."…
  • February 19, 2016
    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,…
  • February 12, 2016
    From the New Oxford Review, Part Two of Will Hoyt's survey of eastern Ohio...featuring a triple play of Traci Lords,…
  • February 10, 2016
    “Darling, haven’t you ever heard of a delightful little thing called boarding school?” So Baroness Schraeder responds to Max’s inquiry…
  • February 3, 2016
    It can be discouraging watching people vie for political power. That they are motivated by a concern for our good…
  • January 26, 2016
    A note from our friends at the Ciceronian Society about their upcoming conference: The Ciceronian Society invites you to their…