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.
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The musical note that can trigger cold sweats and sightings of the dead
From The Spectator
On Small Talk
Small talk. I dislike it. It can be argued that it is part of the lubrication that keeps social wheels moving smoothly, but I'm not talking about cordialities ("Hi," "How are the kids doing?" etc.). I'm talking about extended conversations that are
Sigrid Undset’s Kristin Lavransdatter Turns One Hundred
From Plough
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I Spent Wednesday Evening with a Bottle of Gin and a Pile of Old Magazines, Wasting Time on a Stupid Task
It was a delightful waste of time.
Solon, the Father of Democracy, was a Man of the Tao
💡Solon opened Athens to true order: the transformative order found through the Tao.
Ancient Athens in the 600s BC
Ancient Athens didn’t have a king. It was ruled by nine archons. These were men from the largest landowning families in Attica. When an archon finished his term, he became
How to Kill the Tao
The left hemisphere gets things done. The Tao isn’t concerned about getting things done. Let your left hemisphere dominate: you’ll never be bothered by the Tao again.
The Difference Between Rebelling Against the Establishment and Rebelling Against the establishment (small "e")
My Dad was fiercely conservative. A full-blown WASP, albeit of the first-generation sort, his parents having migrated from Russia shortly before 1917. We used to drink beer at a local dive bar and discuss sundry (and sudsy) topics. During one conversation, I told him I was reading On the Road
Leisure, the Basis of Culture, by Josef Pieper
A Micro-Review/Essay