Cowper’s exploration of Truth takes Pilate’s question as its jumping off point.
Monthly Archives: November 2021
“What Is Truth?” He Asked of Truth Itself
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Task", Christ, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Pilate, Truth, William Cowper Comments closed
Mike Pence’s One Heroic Moment
I compare Mike Pence with Housman’s mercenaries, who performed their duties more nobly than anticipated.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged A.E. Housman, American democracy, Constitution, coup d'etat, Donald Trump, January 6 insurrection, John Eastman, Mike Pence, peaceful transition of power Comments closed
My Lifelong Love Affair with the Classics
Responding to an article claiming that a golden age of classical education is a myth, I look at my own classical education.
Classical Education and Upward Mobility
Was a classic education ever the norm in universities. This article claims that this is a myth.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged classic education, Clifton Fadiman, New Lifetime Reading Plan, upward social mobility Comments closed
A Bridge Poem for Infrastructure Week
An early 20th century bridge poem by popular Tennessee poet Will Allen Dromgoole is hokey but captures the spirit of Biden’s new infrastructure bill.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Bridge Builder", fixing roads and bridges, infrastructure bill, Joe Biden, Will Allen Dromgoole Comments closed
Vax Resisters and…Wuthering Heights (?!)
Could “anticipated regret” account for much vaccine hesitancy. I try applying the concept to “Wuthering Heights.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Adam Gallinsky, anticipated regret, Emily Bronte, vaccine resistance, Wuthering Heights Comments closed
Preaching the Gospel to the Poor
The wonderful Dinah Morris in George Eliot’s “Adam Bede” at one point delivers a sublime sermon.
Rightwing Book Bans On the Rise
Banning books is set of accelerate and English teachers and librarians will find themselves as targets, just like medical professionals before them.
Death Has Made Me Wise, Bitter, Strong
I honor Veterans Day with a Sassoon poem where a veteran remembers fallen comrades.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Poem in October", Dylan Thomas, Memory, Siegfried Sassoon, Veterans Day, war veterans, World War I Comments closed
