Siris

Introduction Opening Passage: I had just finished my studies at Oxford, and was taking a brief holiday from work before assuming defini...

* The US drought map is starting to look a little dire (see also the current Palmer Drought Index map ). This is a big issue, and not just ...

Peter Sellers having recently come up in the comments, I am reminded of this, the second best scene in the best Pink Panther movie, A Shot i...

The Thieves of Night The thieves of night have stolen sleep and I abetted them; the moon is high, my heart is hot, the world is evendim...

The sad thing is that you can find people who reason that way. If you don't at least occasionally read the Girl Genius webcomic , yo...

The part of philanthropist is indeed a dangerous one; and the man who would do his neighbour good must first study how not to do him evil, a...

Today is the Feast of the Assumption. Some relevant links: (1) Gregory DiPippo notes the medieval allegorical reading of the original Gosp...