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So Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for The New York Times, apparently thinks that the Christian right should not be tolerated, i.e., freedom of speech and freedom of religion privileges for them should be withdrawn. I gather that the reasoning … Continue reading →

Here in the land of ostensibly severe winters, we’ve been having highs in the 50s and 60s. Forsythias and cherries are blooming in places, frogs are out of hibernation, and the birds are singing the songs of breeding season. I’ve … Continue reading →

In Sydney I’ve discovered a man who is happy to let grocery bills eat up an even larger portion of one’s income than I am – what I thought was an impossible task. Neither of us grew up in households … Continue reading →

I’m not in any position to be handing out book recommendations. After all, I was the 19-year-old who thought Mrs. Dalloway would make great reading for my mom; she was working full-time, going to school full-time, and still taking care … Continue reading →

Carwardine talking about the “culturally programmed hostility of Democrats to the party of Lincoln”: “Many continued to dismisss Republicans as Yankee-Puritan fanatics, bigots, zealots, meddlers, and ideological imperialists,” without whose imperialism there would have been no Civil War (Lincoln: A … Continue reading →

Reading Arthur C. Brooks‘ Who Really Cares reminded me of a bit of extracurricular research I did along these lines as an undergraduate. The resulting chart, which I used to rile up some of my fellow students at Yale, can … Continue reading →

A post about our cat. Why? – Unlike many of you, we don’t have kids, so she’s the only small, cute thing in the house. (Sad, but true) – Many a happy moment is spent petting her, and many a … Continue reading →

Erin and I just finished one of the more pleasant tasks around here: cataloguing and shelving the books acquired over the course of the past semester. Cataloguing? Yes, all the books we acquire get a record, are assigned an LC … Continue reading →

“You’re not making any sense. Okay, so you never make sense, but today you’re really not making sense.” (Sydney to Erin) It’s amazing that two language-oriented people can have such difficulty communicating with each other . . . – Erin

Here’s a perfect example of the sort of thing I had in mind when I said that the world is in an ill state: “A Princeton Maverick Succumbs to a Cultural Shift.” I can’t begin to describe how tired I … Continue reading →