Miscellaneous

Tuesday

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly

New Olympic events: knifing, the bong hit, and the sexual assault course. No wait, that's just Rio's other side. What will the world see in 2016? . . . more>>

Nobody knows what to believe anymore. Distortions in the markets have destroyed facts. The formidable Hernando de Soto explains. . . . more>>

Jealous ex-girlfriend breaks into apartment and kills wife. 25 years later, the L.A. police are just now figuring it out. And the ex-girlfriend is a LAPD. . . . more>>

Discussing the pop culture horror that was A Clockwork Orange. It came out 40 years ago. . . . more>>

Baseball wasn't invented by Doubleday in the mid-1800s. It goes back to at least 1735, and it sprung up across America like dandelions. . . . more>>

Bob Dylan turns 70 this month. Like baseball in the 1700s, essays about him are springing up like dandelions. This one is pretty good. . . . more>>

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

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