A friend was talking to me recently. He observed that the post-election drama in Washington seems to be about more than taxes and spending. Everybody seems to feel that the stakes are high, and two visions of the future of America are being contested. “It’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Patrick J. Deneen on the destructive life of George Bailey : One sees a dark side represented by George Bailey himself: the optimist, the adventurer, the builder, the man who persistently hates the town that gives him sustenance, who craves nothing else but to get out of Bedford Falls and remake . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve seen the adverbs firstly, secondly, thirdly, and so forth, used in texts that are pretty old, but there’s no reason for them. The forms aren’t logical, since first, second, third, last are already adverbs. They don’t need to have the . . . . Continue Reading »
“The problem with real ghosts, as opposed to the elegant fictional creations of the likes of MR James and Susan Hill, is that their behaviour is so erratic and irritating,” write the Telegraph ‘s reviewer of a new book called A Natural History of Ghosts . The book . . . . Continue Reading »
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reports: Growing numbers of elderly and sick Germans are being sent overseas for long-term care in retirement and rehabilitation centres because of rising costs and falling standards in Germany. The move, which has seen thousands of retired Germans rehoused in homes in eastern Europe and Asia, has . . . . Continue Reading »
feature: ...“It was as if the music stopped,” Ms. LaShawn, 31, said, recalling how the date this year went so wrong so quickly after she tried to answer his question honestly. “It was really awkward because he kept telling me that I was the perfect girl for him, but that a low . . . . Continue Reading »
reports: Her clients know her as “the child support lady with the cool truck.” Chantale Suttle thinks that’s a pretty good description of her and her months-old business, DADvocacy. For almost 20 years, she’s dealt with child support issues. In law school at the University of . . . . Continue Reading »
David Frum likes Jean Edward Smith’s biography of Eisenhower. I mostly enjoyed it myself, but Frum agrees with Smith’s claim the Interstate Highway Act was a Keynesian stimulus program to deal with the end of the Korean War. That seems mostly wrong when I look at the dates. Smith wrote . . . . Continue Reading »
Iconographer Lynette Hull, speaking at TEDxCape May in Cape May, New Jersey, offers a unique perspective on our design-obsessed age: In this brief lecture, Hull explains that by moving from command lines to graphical user interfaces (GUIs) Steve Jobs took “a giant step backwards” toward . . . . Continue Reading »
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