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Remembering Sir Roger
Or is there some complaint,Some little shred of “I” you meant To leave with us as ours? -Roger Scruton, “The Half-Loved Ones” (Be Attitudes, 1997) In his poem “On Decency,”...
Night Train to Europe
My train departed from Amsterdam and headed to Warsaw. Or at least, that was the destination of my couchette car. Other parts of the train would separate in the...
Culture By Subtraction
Could I get some mayonnaise with these fries?” I asked the garçon in my broken French, imagining I was being a bit chic in eschewing ketchup. “Impossible!” he replied....
