Fleet Street and Johnson Revisited
Coincidentally, on the same page with that maddening comma, Boswell refers to Johnson "keeping to his favourite Fleet Street." Maybe Johnson is sharing a tear with Chesterton (link).
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Why I Don't Stay Informed
I'm glad the Establishment didn't succeed in destroying JRE during COVID. It’s pretty much the only way I stay informed to the extent I want to be informed.
I agree with Nassim Taleb’s observation that there’s no reason to read the daily news,
Why Weak Fools Can Dominate
Exploring the fool in Christ and the fool in Antichrist. Ivan the Terrible v. Nicholas of Pskov. Nietzsche v. Everyone
Something Tells Me I’d Really Enjoy the Private Letters of Two Men I Didn’t Even Know Existed
It helps to be aware of one’s ignorance.
That’s one reason I like to read Joseph Epstein, who wrote a delightful essay for the current issue of the new Catholic journal, The Lamp that brought my level of awareness to the brim.
The topic?
The letters of George