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featuredIt is curious how certain words accumulate a nimbus of positive associations while others, semantically just as innocuous, wind up shouldering a portfolio of bad feelings… Read More
Roger’s
Oeuvre
For art’s sake
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Although the Victorian Classicist Jane Ellen Harrison has now pretty much faded into that limbo populated by authors whose work is occasionally cited but not much discussed or read, it… Read More
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Kitsch is more than bad art; it’s a flight from freedom to servitude. Read More
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Most of us regard art as mere decoration. We don’t admit that, of course, especially not among the beautiful people we may jostle against in our leisure hours. Read More
INSTITUTED AMONG MEn
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A media class addicted to anti-Trump theatrics manufactured a “surf-and-turf scandal,” only to reveal its own irrelevance as Trump’s agenda—and America’s leverage—keeps advancing. Read More
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I know that the world is focused on Iran but here’s what President Trump wrote on Truth Social Sunday about the so-called “SAVE Act” (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility): Read More
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Democrats cheer or jeer the Court as convenience dictates; their lone consistency is power—pursued relentlessly, defended fiercely, and projected onto opponents. Read More
LOCUS CLASSICUS
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On George Washington’s Farewell Address of 1796. Read More
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Human nature isn’t a war between pure selfishness and pure selflessness—most of us carry both, and the refusal to admit that complexity is the real mistake. Read More
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The President isn’t quite the next Aristotle. But his advice to the young to work hard, love what you do and be original is worth heeding Read More
The Zeitgeist
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Easter’s promise of renewal meets a world of failing alliances and media illusions—but beneath the noise, strength, clarity, and spring’s quiet certainties endure. Read More
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“Ceasefire!” Some people worried that President Trump was taking to the air waves tonight in order to declare a ceasefire with Iran. That, clearly, was what Masoud Pezeshkian, the President of Iran hoped for… Read More
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While commentators trade in familiar fears, events on the ground point to a far more decisive outcome than the online debate suggests. Read More
Bacchic Right
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Most wine columns resemble recipes from Larousse Gastronomique or Mastering the Art of French Cooking in this way: they have happy endings. Read More
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In his History of the Franks, Gregory of Tours (c. 539-594) wrote one of my favorite opening sentences: “A great many things keep happening, some of them good, some of them bad.”… Read More
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Our evening’s wine consumption had hidden interconnections. Read More
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