The Birth of Mary (The Life of the Virgin Mary, 1912) How must the angels have struggled not to erupt in praises, like one might erupt in tears, the minute they knew that tonight would be born the mother, who’d soon bear the son. Wind a-flapping they held their tongues pointing the direction . . . . Continue Reading »
Last winter, Sarah Palin “had this penchant for really beautiful scarves,” recalls the woman who works down the hall in Anchorage. She was beginning her third trimester, and artfully concealing it from her colleagues and constituents. Maternity clothes can be cute, but Sarah . . . . Continue Reading »
You gotta love the Times of London. Here’s the lede for their recent article on the hometown of the Republicans’ vice-presidential candidate: At the age of 10, Sarah Palin got her very own bunny rabbit. Which means to say that she crouched down in the grass outside her family home, . . . . Continue Reading »
I lost two friends from home in a car accident over the weekend. I played baseball with one and graduated with the other. They were a part of my childhood. They were a part of my memories growing up in a small town in Missouri. My first reaction to the news was one of anger and confusion. Here I . . . . Continue Reading »
The Economist says that, after decades of dominance left-wing parties are in serious trouble all over Europe . If you have ever worried that Europe may fall into an abyss of bureaucratic socialism, this may seem like straightforward good news. But I’m not so sure about that. The article . . . . Continue Reading »
Though I am sure I stand convicted of intolerable stupidity on wholly independent grounds, I must protest Amanda’s characterization of my view of Austen . I yield to no one in my esteem for her wit or social perceptiveness . . . and I said as much . To the extent that I can read her as a . . . . Continue Reading »
Despite a brief and welcomed respite from the NYT, the MSM’s obsessive attacks on Sarah Palin and her family continue. The latest is from Vanity Fair, which in the guise of humor, demonstrates their editors unconscionable snobbery and inability to accept differences in lifestyle, as in big . . . . Continue Reading »
In response to Keith in response to Stefan , on the rational moral efficacy of novel-reading, particularly in reference to men: “But you never read novels, I dare say?” [said Catherine] “Why not?” [replied Mr. Tilney] “Because they are not clever enough for . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Take those Austen novels and pack ‘em away. 2. Drop what you’re doing and head off of to the nearest book store. 3. Buy the complete set of Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin novels. 4. Read all twenty volumes sequentially starting with Master and Commander . 5. No need to . . . . Continue Reading »
I grew up in a small town in Missouri, so stories like this makes my Midwestern heart swell up with pride. . . . . Continue Reading »
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