Eric Scheske
Personal Computer and Personal Choice
In 1968, Carver Mead, professor at California Institute of Technology, began to demonstrate the possibilities of placing an entire computer on one chip at a cost of just a few dollars. He also began to preach the possibilities of the innovation, asserting it would end the burdensome and expensive computer
The Stoics and Me
As an uptight Christian, I've sought spiritual counsel from St. John the Apostle to Thomas Merton, from Augustine through Aquinas to Guardini. They all helped.
But I still suffered from uptightness and swings of passion: worry about the future; sudden bursts of good emotional energy, mortgaged with my
How Mathematics Built the Modern World
Bo Malmberg & Hannes Malmberg at Works in Process
BYCU
Count Me In
I love everything about Christmas. I even like its commercialization. And I love gin.
The problem is, I'm not sure it's available in the U.S.
Gordon’s Unveils Sugar Plum Gin Liqueur Just in Time for Holiday ImbibingAs the holiday season approaches,
Motorized Ox-Carts
Peter Hitchens at The Lamp
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)