Just clicked through to read about something mentioned earlier : A 55-square-foot apartment is on sale in Rome for just over $69,000. 55 square feet. That’s 5’ by 11’. I mean, sure, it’s on the Piazza di Sant’ Ignazio , but $69,000? I’d trust the story a little . . . . Continue Reading »
Every time I think I might be wrong about the essential meaningless of most music criticism, I read stuff like this—a catalog by Philip Kennicott of some of the idiocies he found in Norman Lebrecht’s new book Why Mahler?: How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed Our World : Lebrecht is . . . . Continue Reading »
There about 820,000 Orthodox Christians in the United States, of whom about 200,000 regularly attend church, according to the 2010 Census of Orthodox Churches in the United States . The number rises to 1,050,000 and 280,000 if the Oriental Orthodox Churches that are not in communion with . . . . Continue Reading »
In England, the government has said that it may give married couples with children a tax break, to replace money lost by the abolition of the universal child payment, worth 1,700 pounds to a couple with two children. In Connecticut, cheerleaders demand uniforms that cover more of them . “I am . . . . Continue Reading »
Interesting Senate race in Connecticut, writes David Bernstein : One candidate’s adult life has been spent in a profession in which testosterone-infused alpha male types engage in well-choreographed bombast for the benefit of the credulous masses. And the other has spent her career in . . . . Continue Reading »
In ancient Greece, young humans that were unhealthy or deformed would sometimes be put in a clay jar and deserted outside the front door or on the roadway until they died. In modern America, young humans that are unhealthy or deformed are sometimes put in a petri dish and deserted inside, behind . . . . Continue Reading »
Browsing an Agatha Christie anthology the other night, I reread for the first time in years the Poirot story “The Apples of the Hesperides,” which ends: In the little parlour of the Convent, Hercule Poirot told his story and restored the chalice to the Mother Superior. She murmured: . . . . Continue Reading »
Apparently Polish scientists think Europe will have the coldest winter in 1000 years, and that we may even be on the verge of another ice age. The Russians seem to be taking the forecast seriously. From the story:Forecasters say this winter could be the coldest Europe has seen in the last . . . . Continue Reading »
In modern America there are almost as many brands of conservatism as there are conservatives. There are neocons and paleocons, theocons and crunchy cons. There are social conservative and fiscal conservatives, conservatives who aim for National Greatness and others who strive to be Compassionate. . . . . Continue Reading »
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