Pope’s “a little learning” seems dangerous at first glance but the alternative is not entirely attractive.
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How Dangerous Is a Little Learning?
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March Madness, A Return to Innocence
Sports Saturday March Madness begins this weekend. Actually, to be exact, it begins for the big schools. Division III colleges are in the final week of their tournament. I know because my college was one step away from making the final four. For the first time ever, St. Mary’s College of Maryland sent a team […]
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Faced with Beauty, ‘Tis Folly to Be Wise
Claude Lorrain,”View of La Crescenza” (1648-50) Poetry enhances our lives in a host of little ways. It did so in a walk I took around campus with my wife last week. It was a beautiful fall day and we work at a beautiful campus. There is an incline at the edge of college that we […]
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