Assad Came Down Like a Wolf on the Fold
Peter Paul Rubens, "Destruction of Sennacherib" How long will Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, following the example of his father, continue to slaughter his people? (An account of the situation can...
View ArticleCrossing (or Not) the Hellespont
Carl von Bodenhausen, “Hero and Leander” Sports Saturday Here’s a poem I’ve been saving up ever since a friend of mine, Leslie Richardson, swam the Dardanelles (or the Hellespont) this past August. I...
View ArticleAssad Came Down Like a Wolf on the Fold
Peter Paul Rubens, "Destruction of Sennacherib" How long will Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, following the example of his father, continue to slaughter his people? (An account of the situation can...
View ArticleCrossing (or Not) the Hellespont
Carl von Bodenhausen, “Hero and Leander” Sports Saturday Here’s a poem I’ve been saving up ever since a friend of mine, Leslie Richardson, swam the Dardanelles (or the Hellespont) this past August. I...
View ArticleFavorite Lit of Our Presidents
President Taft reading Wednesday A couple of years ago Dave Odegard of Buzzfeed took on a project dear to my heart and looked at the favorite book of each of the American presidents. What more can we...
View ArticleLincoln Transformed Depression thru Lit
Tuesday I’m currently reading a fascinating study about Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness, recommended by my novelist friend Rachel Kranz. Among...
View ArticleAssad Came Down Like a Wolf on the Fold
Peter Paul Rubens, "Destruction of Sennacherib" How long will Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, following the example of his father, continue to slaughter his people? (An account of the situation can...
View ArticleCrossing (or Not) the Hellespont
Carl von Bodenhausen, “Hero and Leander” Sports Saturday Here’s a poem I’ve been saving up ever since a friend of mine, Leslie Richardson, swam the Dardanelles (or the Hellespont) this past August. I...
View ArticleFavorite Lit of Our Presidents
President Taft reading Wednesday A couple of years ago Dave Odegard of Buzzfeed took on a project dear to my heart and looked at the favorite book of each of the American presidents. What more can we...
View ArticleLincoln Transformed Depression thru Lit
Tuesday I’m currently reading a fascinating study about Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness, recommended by my novelist friend Rachel Kranz. Among...
View ArticleImagining Little Ocean’s Future
Thomas Moran, “Sunset at Sea” Monday I’m currently visiting Buford, Georgia to help out my daughter-in-law, who has just given birth to her first boy after three girls. I’m here to cover her film...
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