Wednesday’s Child: In Praise of Shoes
The world outside my windows is so full of malign omens that today I shall be looking inward, or rather downward.
The Fleming Foundation Cultural Commentary
Modern Greek III: Likes and Dislikes, PLUS MORE CLASSICAL VOCABULARY IN MG
Expressing what you want or don’t want, like or not like, plus the present tense of I want.
Hitler Rides Again
No, the Führer has not been found in Brazil and microwaved back to life, but the useful Hitler myth lives on as an image to be invoked whenever things are not turning out as they are supposed to.
What Trump and Putin Want in Alaska
We’ve watched Trump closely now for 10 years and there’s one thing he always stresses: winning. He has to get a win. Putin knows that. Trump wants a cease fire, but the Russian Army is on a roll, and Putin won’t stop that.
Life in the Dark Age, The Corruption of Language, Part II
Among most common example these days come from IT and business management. Business management experts give us such portmanteau words as “freemium,” “satisfries,” and webinar,” to say nothing of such horrors as “incentivize” and “customer journey,” and “next generation.”
Wednesday’s Child: August 1914
Another scorching Sicilian summer is nearing its apogee in Ferragosto, while newspaper hacks the world over revel in the start of the silly season.
Chesterton’s Road from Rome: Conclusion
The Greek and Roman pagans, by virtue of their belief in their own moral freedom, were in fact free, and this puts them in stark contrast with such servile and bloody nations as the Aztecs and the Carthaginians
