Lessons from Charlottesville
“On June 17, 2015, everything changed.” So wrote Anne Wilson Smith on the first page of her new book, Charlottesville Untold: Inside Unite The Right, published by Shotwell Publishing in Columbia, South Carolina.
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Art for What’s Sake, V: Aesthetic and/or Moral Judgments
How could we possibly talk about movies as art, if we don’t agree on what art is. It would be the same as talking about movies without knowing what a movie is. And, if everything depends on how we feel or on what gives us pleasure, then there is no basis for discussion.
Wednesday’s Child: Such are the Joys
With apologies to George Orwell, whose memoir my title evokes, in this post I propose to begin uncovering some hidden strings of human character which, not to put too fine a point on it, make the music of happiness
Art For What’s Sake? Part III: Questioning the Duck
You’re making an exception for country music, because you happen to like it. Are you seriously suggesting that a good song lyric is on par with great poetry?”
A False Flag on a False Flag on Ukraine
“A false flag operation is an act committed with the intent of disguising the actual source of responsibility and pinning blame on another party,” according to the authoritative propaganda source Wikipedia.
Who’s Sorry Now?
The American ruling class and its frontmen in the media are indulging in one of their periodic orgies of anxiety. How can a known terrorist have been allowed to enter the United States, make his way to Texas, and terrorize a synagogue?
Art for What’s Sake, Part II: Ducking the Question
At this point, however, we are not yet prepared to deal with the question of whether or not beauty is in the eye of the beholder or whether value is subjective or objective.
Poem: Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift, D.S.P.D.
This poem is one of Swift’s masterpieces. His savage wit, his ruthless dissection of human motives, his arrogance–and his self-contempt–all combine to produce a masterful satire.
Platitude of the Day
I am forever seeing posts and columns by conservatives who speak of the need to defend the democracy established by the “founders” of America. The United States were not founded as a democratic nation but as a confederation of republics run largely by educated aristocrats.
