“Rarely was the practical task of textile creation considered an artistic pursuit,” writes Kylie Warner. “One woman changed that.” Anni + more
“Rarely was the practical task of textile creation considered an artistic pursuit,” writes Kylie Warner. “One woman changed that.” Anni + more
I PRAY FOR COURAGE Leonard Cohen I pray for courage Now I’m old To greet the sickness And the cold + more
A “striking image and a few well-chosen words still have the power to influence,” writes Michael Watts about Uncovered, a history of + more
Before Stanley Kubrick’s rise to fame as a filmmaker, he was a photojournalist for Look magazine. He began in 1945—when he was + more
I got an email today from my local Subaru dealership. I wouldn’t ordinarily mention this sort of thing—they send at + more
Looks like my parents got at least one thing right: “A new large-scale study, featuring data from 31 countries…finds the advantages + more
Not that anyone cares, but here are three somewhat-related things I was stewing about on my walk today: First, an + more
Over at the New Yorker, Ian Crouch writes about the “slight profundity” of the latest corporate name change: “[Dunkin’] joins + more
Carl Trueman, professor in the Alva J. Calderwood School of Arts and Letters at Grove City College, Pennsylvania, begins his upper-level humanities + more
Apropos of yesterday’s blog post, in which we noted that civilizational collapse is pretty much right on schedule, here’s more + more
Fancy a quick look at what’s happening around the world? According to Mother Nature Network, it appears that the end of the + more
Francis Fukuyama is a veritable quote machine. (Sort of like this, only…different.) Here are a few choice nuggets from a + more
“Conspiracy theories,” writes Clare Coffey over at the estimable New Atlantis, “obsesses [sic] over human history and insist that it + more
Always quick to remind anyone who will listen that the glass is, in fact, half full, Courtney offers up some + more