Siris

Introduction Opening Passage (from the Lay of the Völsungs): Of old was an age when was emptiness, there was sand nor sea nor surging...

Kate Miller-Heidke, "Ride This Feeling." A bit more mainstream than what I usually put up, but it's a rousing way to start a...

I did my government ethics lecture in Ethics today, which I always devote mostly to the civil service, which (like triage) is one of the tru...

Today, President Obama 'pardons' two turkeys . One month ago, the nation's oldest prisoner, 92-year-old Drayton Curry, died in...

I must confess that when people find Catholics baffling, I do have some sympathies, because I find Catholics baffling, too. One of the more ...

Salme's Song I will not love the night-lord, nor marry the harried moon, whose work is always pressing, whose rising is too soon. ...

* Berit Brogaard discusses cases of people who have come away from accidents with savant abilities . * A surprisingly fun paper on the pro...