The Peace President Goes To War
Some of my friends are supporting Trump’s intervention in Venezuela and, likely, again in Iran. Ok, we disagree, but let’s remain friends. Politics divides too often.
The Fleming Foundation Cultural Commentary
Wednesday’s Child: The Ship of State
As I noted here a month ago, my interest in the Titanic originated in my four-year-old’s obsession with the maritime disaster, which I had at first found as inexplicable as other children’s obsession with dinosaurs.
The Best Revenge: Ragù alla Clemenza
For several decades I have been doing variations on Italian meat sauce. I was initially inspired by watching The Godfather, the scene where the family and allies are hunkered down and Peter Clemenza (played by Richard Castellano) shows Michael how they made meat sauce in prison.
Acting Naturally: The Biggest Fools That Ever Hit the Big Time, Week I
Here is your chance to nominate and vote for the Biggest Big-Time Fools of the Week
Plain Talk
The demonstrations, in Minneapolis and other cities, against the enforcement of US immigration law are a vivid illustration of what the American people, in their childish pursuit of what they imagine to be human right, have become.
Misery and Gin, conclusion
Simplifying ideologies drain the life out of most of us, and any form of subjectivism leads quickly to relativism, and thus indifference. From “You say potahto, I say potayto,” the descent to every erotic eccentric’s defense, “Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it” is rapid.
Greek I.31 With Audio and Greek Composition
Holiday is over, and it is time to buckle down. Please memorize the forms of the Present Medio-Passive and the Aorist Middle. Be sure to consult paragraphs 527, 530 for full paradigms.
Buster Keaton, the Great Stone Face by Vince Cornell
A genius in constructing gags, a man well ahead of his time in understanding how to manipulate the technology of cinema to tell a joke, and almost the polar opposite of Charlie Chaplin in terms of sentimentality….
Wednesday’s Child: Headline Terror
This post is pure plagiarism, but not because I’m lazy or because today, for us Orthodox, it’s Christmas and I’m breaking the fast in some extraordinarily time-consuming, lamb-devouring, deck-the-halls way.
The Best Revenge: Manzo Brasato
I have been making Manzo Brasato (Braised Beef Lombard Style) for well over thirty years. My original recipe source, a book I still consult regularly, was Ada Boni’s Regional Italian Cooking.
