…  “The chatter of little people…”

Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible. — Anthony Hope , born on this date in 1863

…  Littérateur | Word Genius .

…   (16) More Lack of Critical Thinking Evidence? - by John Droz jr. .

…  Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead | Ars Technica . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

…  A journalist goes undercover to reveal the absurdity of the art scene . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

 … Alice Walker turns 80 today:  The World We Want Is Us … Amy Lowell would have turned 150:todat:  The Precinct. Rochester. . (Hat tip, Rus...

…  Concatenate - Word Daily ,

 … with the Little Flower.— Daily Scripture & Reflections .

 …   The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough.

  “…when the light strikes at odd angles…”

Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another. — Jules Verne , born on this date in 1828

 …  GO SEE “AMERICAN FICTION”

…  PREVIEW: C. S. Lewis and American Catholic s . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Two Catholic critics numbered among Lewis’s most enthusiastic Americ...

 …  John Ashbery —  Depraved Indifference

…  The Medieval Art of Medicine: A Poem - Medievalists.ne t . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

…  How to Pray in Female - Electric Literature . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.(

…  Nisus | Word Genius .

 … with the Little Flower —  Daily Scripture & Reflections

 My wife, who is in a nursing home, has just been diagnosed with Covid. She has been vaxxed (so much for that). And she doesn’t seem to have...

…   (16) About that whole "gender-affirming care" for kids thing...

 …  After great pain, a formal feeling comes – (372).

 …  Were Romeo and Juliet Real?

…  Darwinists Devolve | Evolution News . You don’t trust the science. You test it.

 …  Shaping the recent history of the Western Hemisphere.

…  Pet Love as Idolatry?  I pray for animals all the time. God loves them, too.

 …   Episode 575 – Donald J Robertson — Marcus Aurelius The Stoic Emperor.

 …  Charlie Chaplin Impersonates a Poet.

In order to thoroughly enjoy anything, one must feel the absence of it at times. — Laura Ingalls Wilder , born on this date in 1867

…  Babe Ruth catches a fly ball from an airplane . (Hat tip, Jon Caroulid.)

…  Falling Out of Love with Lyric Poetry - The Millions . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Four years of avoiding the void went by. But in 2017, I stum...

… Praxis | Word Genius .

 … withe Little Flower — Daily Scripture & Reflections.

 …  President makes big policy announcement on his birthday.

…  Max Adds Trigger Warning to 'Blazing Saddles' .

…  Theistic Religious Belief and What Inclines Me to It . Here is my review of Mind and Cosmos:   Atheist rebuts neo-Darwinism

 …  Psalm 46 — a translation by Robert Alter.

 …  Without the French, we might not exist.

“…Six patients are waiting this very minute…”

 I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself. — François Truffaut , born on this date in 1932

…  Matronymic | Word Genius .

… with the Little Flower — Daily Scripture & Reflections .

…  Elon Musk was told to go to REHAB by concerned friends amid fears his drug use was spiraling after Tesla boss snorted ketamine and drank ...

…  Super Bowl to air first ad dedicated to fighting antisemitism .

 …  We all were lied to – Gaza was a modern developed city before October 7th - opinion

 …  Truman now set to receive major mid-life overhaul.

 …  The New York Times on Mark Twain in St. Louis (1902).

 …  Psalm 23 — a translation by Robert Alter.

 …  Today’s Poem: Uncredited. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

 …  Scientists Call for Global Moratorium on mRNA Vaccines, Immediate Removal From Childhood Schedul e.

…  Terpsichorean | Word Genius .

 …  Immigration Act passed (overriding POTUS veto).

 …  One of my favorites when I was a young reader in the ‘50s.

 … with the Little Flower — Daily Scripture & Reflections.

 …   “It’s like so many other things in life…”

 …  Sometimes we get the presidents we deserve.

 …  ‘ Ulysses,’ Acclaimed as the Greatest Novel of the Last Century, Could Be Just Hitting Its Stride   (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) The documentar...

…  Biden and the Border - by Glenn Harlan Reynolds .

 … After Liberalism…Faith?  (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) This book is a fascinating exploration of Gray’s thoughts on a post-liberal world. Given ...

 …  Ending one kind of war but starting a different kind.

We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God . — Dietrich Bonhoeffer , born on this date in 1906

…  Hoi Polloi - Word Daily .

 … with the Little Flower — Daily Scripture & Reflections.

…  Open Borders? - by William F. Vallicella .

…  Farmers wage war on EU bureaucrats the right way - Washington Examiner . Many years ago I worked for the federal government. I can honest...

…  Mill’s Trident: An argument every fan (or opponent) of free speech must know .

 … The Truth About the COVID Vaccine Is Finally Becoming Known.

…  Zealotry of Guerin: Poetry and Fiction by Christopher Guerin: Now, A Sonnet .

 …  Unpleasantness for all of us in the U.S. Constitution .

 …   “The cold grows colder, even as the days grow longer…”

 …  Rock and roll musicians killed in plane crash.

 …   A Human World. (Hat tip, Dave lull.)  Architectural postmodernism appeared in the fifties and then, not long after, it was announced t...

Just as the power of the sun is the only force in the natural universe that causes a plant to grow against gravity, so the grace of God is t...

…  Preponderance - Word Daily .

 … with the Little Flower — Daily Scripture & Reflections.

…  Paul Davis On Crime: A Little Humor: Groundhog Day Message .

…  God, Evil, Matter, and Mind - by William F. Vallicella .

 …  The Meaningless Incoherence Of "LGBTQ+"

 … A short history of Catholic-Anglican relations—and the last roadblocks to unity. It would be wonderful if we reunite, especially if  bot...

…  We're Learning More About That Viral Parental Custody Case in Montana .

…  Neuralink and Elon Musk's quest to own the future - Engelsberg ideas . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

 …   A Romantic two centuries late: ‘The Ghost Net’ by Alan Jenkins. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

…  A No-Nonsense Thérèse | Commonweal Magazine . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) The writer should read Thérèse’s Story of a Soul. You can’t fake what...

 …  Under Hokusai’s Great Wave . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

 …  Blaise Cendrars — Paper.

…  Film Review: The Holdovers (15). By Harry Mount - The Oldie . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

…  Johnny Cash: The life in lyrics by Johnny Cash and Mark Stielper | Review . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

 …   “I’ve heard it in the chillest land —“

 …  Out of the burrow and into the shadow.

….  Malapropism - Word Daily .

 … with the Little Flower — Daily Scripture & Reflections .

…  Penn Lecturer Is Behind Grotesque Anti-Semitic Cartoons . Maybe I shouldn’t call him an anti-Semite. I’m sure he likes Arabs. So I guess ...

…  Uses of Water | National Review . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

 …   Government information gets a higher classification.

…  The Compelling Case Against the Existence of Hell | by Dan Foster | Backyard Church | Jan, 2024 | Medium . I have no doubt that we must m...

 … Montana Parents Lose Custody of Daughter for Opposing Her Gender Transition

 …   “… Get rid of death. Celebrate increase…”

…  Paul Davis On Crime: A Little Humor: Helping A Friend .

 …  Learning what is most essential for any beginning novelist.

  At Rest We lie here silent in the dark, Unmoving and unmoved, for that is best. Undesired, we desire nothing, and would be At peace,...