Motorized Ox-Carts
Peter Hitchens at The Lamp
Eric Scheske
Gatsby: Grasping for Transcendence
Frank DeVito at Front Porch Republic
The Origins of the Tavern: A Micro-History
The bar in English-speaking countries traces its roots back to Roman Britain where drinking establishments flourished. The establishments declined with Rome, but they came back in the Middle Ages, largely through the efforts of monasteries to provide for travelers. By the fifteenth century, three different drinking establishments were found in
An Encyclopedia of Curiosities and Horrors
Filip Bakardzhiev at VoegelinView
Has the Rabble Breached Another Wall in the Castle of High Culture?
The New Criterion properly considers itself an urbane journal of the arts. With this, comes a commitment to first-rate style, without regard to the Idiocracy that is overwhelming our culture.
But I saw something interesting (or disturbing, depending on whether one cheers this cultural secular bear market or condemns it)
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,
Why the CIA No Longer Works—and How to Fix It
Charles S. Faddis at Hillsdale College
BYCU
Another Modern Drunkard Magazine tribute
That Inscription at the Temple of Apollo Won't Go Away
Markets and the Good: Thinking Beyond the Tyranny of Economics
Jay Tolson at The Hedgehog Review