Kind of a brutal talent show, if you ask me. Letter to the Editor: Sir, can you please unpack the 1992 costume party blackface reference? Thank you. Trey A -- Doug ...
Letters From the Brink
Best of Men
“Now Beowulf, best of men, in battle triumphant,
As a son I laud and love you, lift your name high,
Keep this new kinship, carry it with you,
Acknowledge and nurture it, know that it’s yours”
The Gods of Civil Unrest and Jesus Mobs
Prolegomena to the Preamble to the Introduction: I suppose I need to say, right at the outset, that this blog post is something of a beast. You might say it is a little hefty. But this happened for ...
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A Bevy
“The king himself came from the queen’s quarters,
Regal and royal, the ring-treasure guardian,
Well-known and noble, knights and earls with him,
A column of comfort, the queen right beside him,
And beautiful, bountiful, a bevy of women”
That Always Amuses Me Actually
Famed as a Fighter
“He was famed as a fighter, ferocity unmatched,
A baron of battle, the best in the business,
His great and good deeds, all gained by his courage”
The Whole Clan
“Conquering they killed a whole clan of giants,
Seeking with swords to signal their glory”
Coming This Summer
I will have a good deal to say about this in the weeks to come, but I wanted to make one crucial point before the day was over. It is a point that will have to be made repeatedly, so we might as well start making it now. All the conservatives who condemned this last …
Illegitimate Times
Introduction: So it is looking as though one way or another we are going to have to learn how to live under a government we believe to be at bottom illegitimate. And that looks to be the case no matter ...
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Singing the Story
“And song after song the stop would recount
From his storehouse of stories, singing with wisdom,
Glorying in good words, the great, ancient tales.
One after another he eagerly sang them,
Weaving in wisdom, old words with new ones”