Siris

The great secret of delivering oneself from the importunity of many people is to speak reasonably to them. This language, which they do not ...

To say that evidence demonstrates, makes clear, and ascertains the truth of a fact, is rather to describe its effects than its nature. Its e...

Ruth Barcan Marcus died on February 19, and I have been thinking about what to say on the subject. It's difficult to know where to begin...

* Rebecca recently had a good post titled, What to Do When Someone You Know Dies * Janet Smith takes down David Gibson on the subject of ...

Solomon Burke, "Up to the Mountain." This song was written by Patty Griffin in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.; you can listen ...

Besides being the feast of St. Peter Damian, it's also the feast of St. Robert Southwell, who was tortured and then executed at Tyburn u...

I've always thought that the name, "San Pietro Damiani," sounded fun, like a party in the mouth. There's something about h...