‘Metaphysical Animals’ and ‘The Women Are Up to Something’: A Philosophy of Their Own
From the Wall Street Journal
Eric Scheske
Jack Dorsey's Decentralized Web
From Bitcoin Magazine
Joseph Epstein's Four Volumes of Mini-Biographies
Joseph Epstein's four volumes of literary mini-biographies:
Plausible Prejudices: Essays on American Writing (1985)
Partial Payments: Essays on Writers and Their Lives (1989)
Pertinent Players: Essays on the Literary Life (1993)
Life Sentences: Literary Essays (1997)
Expect Complete Chaos if You’re Heading to Europe This Summer
From Fodor's
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft, by George Gissing
A Micro-Review Essay
Was the Episcopalian Judy Garland Too Jewish for Her Own Good?
From Forward magazine
Drunk and Driven
My pursuit of drunken perfection (humor)
I’m thinking about becoming an alcoholic. Beer and wine are my favorites, so I’ll drink a lot of them. I don’t like hard liquor, but I’ll drink it if that what it takes to realize my ambition. Unlike some people
A Writer’s Misadventures with a Cancel-Minded Mob on Goodreads
From City Journal
Scrolling Blog: June 2022
June 30, 2022
Classical Education is Coming Back
It must be "Classics Thursday." The Washington Examiner has run a great opinion piece about the salubrious return of classical education, with a GKC kicker.
What is now commonly referred to as a “classical” or “liberal arts” education has been
Mystery: Numinous, yet decipherable
From the Hedgehog Review