…  Rhythms (Section I) by Charles Reznikoff - Poems | Academy of American Poets .

…  Wunderkind | Word Genius .

…   The Faith of Men of Letters - The Imaginative Conservative . We are not hectored here by the pedantries and claptrap that easily identif...

…  A Little Humor: Democrats Say It’ll Take A Lot More Than Eyewitness Testimony, Bank Records, Audio, Video, Complete Confessions For Them ...

…  POTUS warns, “We begin bombing in five minutes.”

…   (11) Vivek Ramaswamy Channels Robert Heinlein, and Me . … we want voters to be reasonably informed, and capable of mature judgment.  (At...

…  We're Hiring Writers - RETURN . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

… These 17th-Century Poems Painted Pictures on the Page—and Defied the Church of England’s Rejection of Religious Images. (Hat tip, Rus Bow...

It is through the acceptance of a variety of aethetic and intellectual points of view that a culture is given breadth and density. — Louise ...

…  Robbie Robertson: presiding genius of the New Americana - Engelsberg ideas . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) ‘It was like nothing we had ever heard...

…  Essay | The Novel Novel: On The Recent Resurgence of Verse Narrative by Aaron Poochigian - The London Magazine . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.

 … St. Therese Family Homecoming and Feast Day Celebration 2023.

….  Irregular gleanings and a last shot at Modern English usage | OUPblog . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

…  Punctilious - Word Daily .

 …  Those Winter Sundays. (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

…  Crimes / Detectives / Mysteries: 221B Baker Street poses something of a mystery itself .

…   Paul Davis On Crime: Discussing Tree Of Life Mass Murderer And Death Penalty With Dawn Stensland On WPHT Radio .

…  You’re on Candid Camera!

…   A Scrappy Defense of the Novel - by John Wilson - Prufrock .   (Hat tip, Dave Lull) The wildly heterogeneous nature of these books shoul...

  There are no stronger fetters than those we forge for ourselves. — Barry Unsworth , born on this date in 1930

 …  Jessica Laser —  Kings .

…  Hansel - Word Daily .

…   Amalgam | Word Genius .

…  Teilhard de Chardin, racism and eugenics: An exchange | America Magazine . Thanks to my Jesuit mentor, Edward Gannon, S.J.,  I’ve read Th...

…  Texas Outlaws Men In Women’s College Sports.

 My friend Katherine wrote this. I asked her for permission to post it here. I think it’s wonderful. Ode to Glassware by Katherine Miller Ri...

…   Wife reportedly sees man drive through her yard, exit car, force her husband to ground, and point gun at his head. So she grabs her own ...

…  Cowabunga, Hunga-Tonga | Power Line . The media doesn’t know squat about science. And doesn’t want to bother learning.

…  Campus Reform | Pro-woke professors leave Florida universities in protest .

… Reading Twelve Books: Let us begin by reading a few things about the SFFHC .

…  In accordance with his statement of resignation…

…  Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Coolidge’s Inauguration: Why He’s the Model President.

…   (11) A New Populist Broadsheet on American Life and Art . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

…  Musings on Flannery O’Connor and vision.   (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Flannery O’Connor  is a strange, fascinating writer. Strange, because sh...

…   A New York Priest & a Front Porch Historian: Thomas J. Shelley, In Memoriam ~ The Imaginative Conservative . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) ...

…  only yesterday: Yet another bright idea from a brilliant inventor .

Poetry should begin with emotion in the poet, and end with the same emotion in the reader. The poem is simply the instrument of transferanc...

 …  C. S. Giscombe —  Second Dream

…  Antediluvian - Word Daily .

…  Cabal | Word Genius .

…  Morris: Emails Show New York Times Collaborating with State Government to Target Orthodox Jews .

… Acclaimed director William Friedkin dies, but The Exorcist lives on - Catholic Herald . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

…  zibaldone: LDS Church reaffirms the Quorum as the leading body .

… Dear Pulitzer Prizes: It’s Time to Recognize Literature by Noncitizens . "We have a duty to ask what constitutes the literature of a...

…  only yesterday: POTUS announces his resignation effective tomorrow .

Postmodernism entices us with the siren call of liberation and creativity, but it may be an invitation to intellectual and moral suicide. —...

 …  Hannah Weiner —  It Walks.

…  Erudite - Word Daily .

…  Ablution | Word Genius .

…  10 Biblical Names of God & Their Meaning Today . I happen to that “I am Who Am” is one of the most profound phrases ever. I don’t bel...

…  Morgan Wallen and Jason Aldean teamed up to set one record that left the woke mob fuming - Renewed Right . I don’t think the Woke crowd r...

…  only yesterday: Manufactured pretext for escalation of unnecessary war .

…   Paul Davis On Crime: Federal Court Imposes Death Sentence For The Murderer In The Tree Of Life Synagogue Shooting . I think it’s wrong t...

 …   Dream Noir  by Steven Croft . …   Six Minutes by John D. Robinson, …   We Tell the Sad Stories of Aging Boxers by Matthew Johnson. …   ...

…  Darkness. Moth. And Light. Poetry | by My Echo | Aug, 2023 | Medium .

 …   Cassandra Cleghorn —  Reward of Adversaries.

… Beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love — Rabindranath Tagore , who died on this date in 1942

…  Milieu | Word Genius .

…   zibaldone: President Harry Truman makes a difficult decision .

 …  Charlie Smith —  Bus to Tuxtla.

…  Rachel B. Glaser on James Tate .

…  The Death of Davy McGahn — PoemShape . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Speak about Christ only when you are asked. But live so that people ask about Christ! — Paul Claudel , born on this date in 1868

…   (11) Would Schopenhauer Allow Comments?

…  Philately - Word Daily .

…  Edification | Word Genius .

…  Reading Twelve Books: Living with limited luxuries and a single-minded focus .

… Paul Davis On Crime: My Crime Fiction: The Old Huk .

…  zibaldone: Hit show featured popular songs and dances of the time .

As poetry is the highest speech of man, it can not only accept and contain, but in the end express best everything in the world, or in himse...

… A broadly catholic panorama for seriously Catholic readers . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Unfortunately, thanks to ripening cataracts, I’ll have...

 …  Philip Whalen —  Labor Day 6:IX:65.

…  As art it was terrible but the pre- and early-teen audience loved it: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem reviewed —| The Spectat...

…  Milan Kundera’s sexual revolutions.

…  Fracas | Word Genius .

…  Fired Christian biology professor files religious discrimination complaint | The College Fix . If these kids know everything already, why...

…  Who Am I? - by William F. Vallicella . How can you take legitimate pride in what is merely an element of your facticity (in Sartre's ...

…  John Banville on How and Why he writes Novels | Latest Episode | The Biblio File podcast hosted by Nigel Beale .

… ‘Zero educational value’: Princeton courses promote prostitution, ‘hate’ of Israel. A DePaul University philosophy professor said these c...

…  Calling out Larry Krasner - by Ralph Cipriano - Big Trial . How about you explain the crime rate, Larry. You’re either lying or transcend...

…   Why Read John Milton? - The Millions . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Milt.on wasn’t my ideal author nor I his ideal reader. Regardless, ever sin...

 The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager obs...

…  ‘ Twas once the most widely circulated weekly magazine.

…  Youth visit St. Thérèse in Lisbon: Carmelites send relics .

…  Lachrymose - Word Daily .

…   only yesterday: All for the love of dangerous women and fast cars .

…  87-year-old Maine woman fights off home invader, feeds him - TheBlaze . I turn 82 in October. I always carry a walking stick. I really kn...

…   The 2023 Audubon Photography Awards: The Top 100 | Audubon . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

…  Best of the iPhone photography awards 2023 – in pictures.   (Hat tip, Rus Bowden)

…  zibaldone: They were solid rubber before they were pneumatic .

For me war has become a flat, black depression without highlights, a revulsion of the mind and an exhaustion of the spirit. — Ernie Pyle , ...

…  Talisman | Word Genius .

…   Descry - Word Daily .

…  My Family Was Hunted by Nazis. But I Was Fired For ‘Defending Hitler.’ . What kind of journalist would I be if fear made me shy away from...

…  An Epistemic Crisis? - by Arnold Kling - In My Tribe .   The Blue team claims to be the good guys. But if you have to lie, then you are ...

 …  https://youtube.com/watch?v=KWITxxu09ZU&feature=share . Skip the ad to get to Teddy Roosevelt.

…   zibaldone: Riding the rails and getting cable in San Francisco .

…  Super superconductors? Don't believe the hype - Engelsberg ideas . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) The competitive enthusiasm to make these cl...

…   (11) Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone . …  the left is always promoting youth culture, notwithstanding that its leaders, from Nancy ...

There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it. — James Baldwin , bor...