Atlanta, GA November 13, 2020 Oscar Wilde defined a cynic as someone who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing. But what if Price and Value are estranged, making it hard for either to know anything? Price is a child of Value, which can sometimes be a deadbeat dad. Support is seldom […]
November 11, 2020Atlanta, GA Today we mark the welcome end of an horrific event. Armistice Day commemorates cessation of hostilities in what may have been the most ludicrous, yet consequential, conflict of all time. A couple years ago, we noted the centennial of this occasion. The war to end wars, unfortunately, did not. In a sense, […]
Atlanta, GA November 7, 2020 Trump insulted the World War I veterans, so they all voted for Biden. – Michael Malice Unfortunately, it looks like one of them will win. Like a mugger in a police line-up, he was identified this morning. Meanwhile, the other crook continues to make his case. He is going to court, […]
Atlanta, GA November 3, 2020 Rarely have we had such cause to worry about what the present presents, and what the future holds. A couple days ago, we recounted our brief, unexpected journey to the 19th century. Having returned reluctantly to our own time, and had another look around, I’ve decided I want to go back […]
Atlanta, GA November 1, 2020 Today, on the Solemnity of All Saints, we honor those holy men and women who earned the highest celestial reward. Tomorrow, on All Souls’ Day, we commemorate the dead, and pray they reach those heavenly heights now that they are released from their earthly chains. Those of us still shackled […]
Atlanta, GA October 20, 2020 A few days ago, after my father-in-law died, I collected my initial reflections. Yesterday, at his funeral, I adapted them for his eulogy, which I delivered at his graveside. After my wife delivered a beautiful tribute to her father, I began to speak. Knowing What Matters “I want to thank […]
Glenn, MI September 30, 2020 The US is a one-party state, but with typical American extravagance, they have two of them. – Julius Nyerere, First President of Tanzania Last night, we saw the clowns. This morning, we consider the circus. Opinions make markets. If you can’t comprehend an opposing perspective, you don’t understand your own. […]
Glenn, MI September 29, 2020 Early morning, alone by the lake, some thoughts come to mind, and coalesce here. Tonight is the first in a series of presidential election debates, which will no doubt echo with the cadence of Cicero, the rhetoric of Demosthenes, and the rhythm of Homer. It will evoke the heady days […]
Auburn, AL July 19, 2020 Partly as therapy to lift my spirits, I have devoted recent space to recollections from other places and earlier days. The last several weeks, I have pilfered a basement box containing notes from a long-ago trip to France. It is pleasant to re-live those wonderful experiences. But their memories make it […]
Atlanta, GA July 14, 2020 This has been a tough year for the Ancien Régime, meaning anything that pertained before Memorial Day. Historic statues have been desecrated, toppled, and destroyed. Names and images of erstwhile heroes are being effaced from buildings, streets, schools, and bases. Names and emblems are falling like autumn leaves from notable sports […]