Ray Olson on Film: The 1980s
You could say that the 1980s were just more of the 1970s, as far as the movies went. Hollywood got lamer, the indies kept American cinema alive and interesting, past masters were retiring or dying.
The Fleming Foundation Cultural Commentary
Augustine’s Confessions, Book I
The title is ambiguous. In ordinary classical Latin, confiteor means something like to acknowledge and error and/or concede a point as true. Ecclesiastical writers used it to mean something like “profess the faith.” Augustine, always the rhetorician–no matter how he strove to distance himself from his secular profession, plays upon both senses.
Religio Philologi: Augustine on Science and Magic
The lust of our eyes leads to a lust of the mind which then seeks to make experiments and gain knowledge
Foreign Policy by Petulance
North Korea is a nuclear power. Little Rocket Man, Trump’s buddy, in 10 minutes could kill hundreds of thousands of people in Japan or South Korea, or kill everyone on U.S. bases in South Korea.
Wednesday’s Child: The Age of Plagiarism
Time was, people had ideals. These they copied as best they could –“plagiarized” is the term on my mind at the moment – using only their imagination to attain some semblance of parity.
The International Academy of Laputa
All of this is the background to the recent scandal over the death, apparently suicide, of Jason Ardray at Cambridge University.
Italian Aug 13
First, I want to hear how you did with the first ten pages of Delitto. Any problems? Is ten pages too much or too little for one week. You should be aiming for at least 100 pages per week eventually, so as you feel more confident, let me know the rate at which you want to read.
