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Picture Books for Adults

Picture Books for Adults

This is a delightful piece from Public Books. I especially liked this observation about how medieval monks would read: This form of reading, de Hamel says, is one reason why so many medieval manuscripts have richly decorated pages. The decorations “helped impress a page visually in the reader’s memory,

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Another Modern Drunkard Magazine tribute

That Inscription at the Temple of Apollo Won't Go Away

That Inscription at the Temple of Apollo Won't Go Away

These Monks Were on a Search-and-Destroy Mission Against Their Left Hemispheres

These Monks Were on a Search-and-Destroy Mission Against Their Left Hemispheres

It's hard to admit this, but here goes: Back in my twenties, I decided I wanted to be a mystic. Such a thing is absurd: The goal is foiled by the goal. You might as well decide you want to be a poor man with money (one of

Podcast: November 5, 2023

Podcast: November 5, 2023

Slay Your Orc, Then Read Your Poetry

Slay Your Orc, Then Read Your Poetry

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Giving a Whole New Meaning to the "Rear Naked Choke" And the "Reverse Mount," the "Rear Mount," the "Full Mount," the "Arm Drag," and the "Whizzer" I was cracking up, just reading through a UFC glossary. Can you

"He is Interested Only in the Individual Soul Whom He Places Before God"

"He is Interested Only in the Individual Soul Whom He Places Before God"

Advocates from across the political field have claimed Christ for their side: Communists, Socialists, Liberals, Conservatives, Monarchists. They all can find something in Christ's life or his words to support their political vision. It isn't surprising, of course, since every doctrine, no matter how absurd, has

Scrolling Blog: November 2023

Scrolling Blog: November 2023

November 30, 2023 Four Female Philosophers His four magi, emerging from the material, moral, social, and political wreckage wrought by the First World War, grasped that philosophy had to be utterly reimagined. Exactly. All the decent philosophers in the twentieth century knew modern thought was broken and had to be

Podcast: October 3, 2023

Podcast: October 3, 2023