Historians can be divided into followers of Herodotus (the storytellers) and Thucydides (the fact-grubbers)
From the The Wall Street Journal
Eric Scheske
Jean-Paul Sartre: In Brief
Sartre denied that we have any natural traits (i.e., essences, characteristics). Instead of such essences, Sartre said, we have existence, and that’s it. Our essences don’t really exist. At best, they have a secondary reality because we first exist, then select our essences. In his words: “[M]
How I Use the Gardening Blockchain Crypto-Johnson Rod Algorithm to Deal with the Modern World
Confused and Contented in the Garden
The ESB Project at 100,000
I don't count the number of essays in the Project, much less the number of words, but I realized this morning that the Project probably stands at 100,000ish words. It's nearing the finish.
P.G. Wodehouse Referenced Booze . . . A Lot
Ah, yes. Three of my sons, post-wedding Mass last Saturday. It was, after all the struggles and cost, a glorious day. That's Alex, the groom, to the far left, then Michael and Jack to the far right. The other three guys are school chums.
Yes, "chums."
About the One-Thing Files
“The One-Thing File” is a practice I learned from Econtalk. It's the practice of writing just one thing (okay, maybe more than one) that I learn from a book, essay, documentary, podcast, whatever.
For younger TDE readers, think of it as Reddit's “Today I Learned” feature.
Free Seeds . . . at Your Public Library?
From Civil Eats.
How a Talisman Works
All forms of magic have this in common: they try to manipulate the spiritual to direct the material.
Seven Great Quotes About Money
Emperor Vespasian famously said, “Money has no smell” when questioned about his decision to tax urinals. The folks here might disagree.
The musical note that can trigger cold sweats and sightings of the dead
From The Spectator