A grad student at the University of Dallas explains the significance of poetry and philosophy for political theory by commenting extensively on what he reads.
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Jan Swafford, “The Music of the Castrati” – from the article: From the 16th to the 19th centuries, tens of thousands of male children were castrated before puberty to preserve their high voices, then subjected to a brutal and relentless program of...
Medal of Honor winner ordered to remove flagpole from his own property (h/t David) – this story has not been getting anywhere near enough attention. His actions in the theater around Anzio are astounding.
Megan McArdle, “Battling Bernanke” – from the...
I’ve owed all of you an explanation for this blog for some time, but I dread writing posts like these. The best discussion of how poetry, politics and philosophy relate is Book X of Plato’s Republic. What is below is obviously not meant to replace that...
for Hayley Withers – happy birthday
How well I knew Her not… (837)
Emily Dickinson
How well I knew Her not
Whom not to know has been
A Bounty in prospective, now
Next Door to mine the Pain.
Comment:
The dramatic narrative (action) of the poem...
Megan McArdle, “Will the Former Politicians Please Shut the Hell Up?” – I don’t agree with McArdle here about Cheney, but I certainly feel the way she does to a degree. His comments help people who are willing to throw any and every charge against the...
