Sir Elton John has said that he would like to “ban religion completely” because it stirs up “hatred toward gay people.” Sir Elton probably does not hate all religion. Like so many giants of the entertainment industry, Elton John does not hate religion per se but only Christianity.
The Cornell Star has uncovered shocking evidence on the origin of Greek civilizaiton. Follow the link.
Virtually everything I read in the gutter press (Is there anything else?) is fabricated. Fake New is the only news, especially when it comes from the White House.
I am having to reread a lot of Victorian literature for this year’s Sumer School. If anyone wishes to join me, we can have some brief discussions. I am starting with Trollope’s rather dark novel, The Way We Live Now.
Two fine poems by Matthew Arnold who bravely spent his life upholding decency and high standards in a world that was abandoning them.
Back from Italy and feeling the relief at not having to speak Italian all day long.
Grammar I: Infinitives are, as we all learned, verbal nouns.
O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain;
Merle Haggard was anything but a political thinker—or even a particularly good songwriter—but, with the exception of one unfortunate line—his 1981 hit song “Rainbow Stew” summed up the common wisdom of disgruntled Americans.
