Wednesday’s Child: More Aftershocks
Those moments I attempted to capture here last week did actually flash through my mind when the quake hit, but now I thought, why not keep going?
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Victorian Poems: Ernest Dowson
These are several poems of Ernest Dowson (1867-1902). Everyone who has any knowledge of English verse is familiar with his most famous poem, “Cynara,” which has suffered the indignity of being quoted in O’Neil’s play “Long Day’s Journey” and parodied by Cole Porter.
Wednesday’s Child: Aftershocks
We had a respectable earthquake here last night, 6.1 with the epicenter in Calabria, and the house swayed like a house of cards.
Darkness Visible: Newton, Conclusion–Alchemy
The 17th century in Europe was a bridge between the unbridled arrogance of the Renaissance and the technocratic self-confidence projected in the Enlightenment.
Italian II.0 UPDATED 06/11 and 06/16
Anyone who wishes to follow, in however desultory a fashion, this Italian course should register by June 10.
Podcast: Communism and Capitalism
An informal discussion of two false ideologies that are mirror images of each other.
Darkness Visiible: Newton 3
The great English writers of the Elizabethan era and the 17th century owed a great deal to the Renascence of classical learning, which had taken place in Italy. One aspect of this Renaissance, however, involved an attempt to revive ancient paganism or rather anti-Christian neo-paganism.
Wednesday’s Child: Sweetness and Light
Of the nearly six hundred weekly posts I have published here since this site was launched, I note that not one delved into what is called natural history.
Podcast: Before Chronicles
Former managing editor Katherine Dalton Boyer interviews her former boss on the days before Rockford, in this the first part of a series.
Darkness Visible: Newton, part 2
Isaac Newton was deservedly knighted for his great accomplishments, but it is a mistake to minimize either his occult interests or his bad character.
