Poem by Hart Crane
This is one of the best known poems by the brilliant and mostly unread Harold Hart Crane. It may take more than one or two reading to catch on to his manner, though the musical beauty strikes the ear immediately.
The Fleming Foundation Cultural Commentary
Trump Should Cut Europe Loose: Their Population and Economy Are Larger than Ours
Aren’t you tired of the Europeans whining about how they need us to liberate Ukraine from the Russian Yoke? Even as the United States goes bankrupt? Why can’t they do it themselves?
Measure for Measurement
A lifetime ago during a graduate school management class, one of my professors commented, “If it is not measured, then it did not happen.” I immediately branded him a cynic.
Trump Reads Zelensky the Riot Act
The results are in on Trump’s clash with Zelinsky yesterday in the Oval Office. ZeroHedge headlined: “Zelenskyy ‘Regrets’ What Happened Today: Ukrainian Officials “Desperate” To Get Deal Back On Track After Oval Office Meltdown, Trump Not Interested.”
Wednesday’s Child: In Them Thar Hills
Alexander Herzen, writing in London in the middle of the century before last, observed that the English are the world’s only nation in whose veins iron has not yet been substituted with gold.
Italian II, Unit II, Lesson 6
Four very common irregular verbs whose infinitives end in -are, phrases pertaining to time, numbers, feelings.
Poems of Thomas Campion
Thomas Campion was a master of verse and beautiful composer of the Elizabethan period. Known mostly for his sometimes racy love songs, he had many voices and moods. Be sure to listen to Alfred Deller’s moving performance.
POB II.9 Collective Violence, Part I
I have been dragging my heels too long and need to finish the second volume of Properties of Blood. As a stimulus to action, I am going to be posting every week some selections. This discussion, which will be in several parts, is devoted to collective violence.
