Cohabiting couples with children are sought for a "marriage bootcamp," ads on radio and social media would announce. If they make it through, they'd have a communal wedding at camp's end and be matched…
THE name of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is perhaps the first that comes to mind when thinking about German literature, certainly before the 20th century. Some regard Goethe as Germany’s “national poet”, drawing parallels with…
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi have plenty to say on Freed Up this week. First, the boys react to Joe Kent's dramatic exit from the Trump administration and what he told Tucker Carlson about the real motivations for…
For several decades, we have been witnessing a Congress in long decline and a corresponding ascent of the President and the courts. I see this as a fundamental deformation of the Constitution—a deviation from its original and…
Prof. Merrill is giving the Hallows Lecture at Marquette tonight on this subject, and I'm delighted to report that he'll also be guest-blogging on it here this week. Here's the abstract of the lecture: Why has…
The article is here; some excerpts from the Introduction: An enraged King Henry II famously asked several of his barons, while the court met in Normandy at Christmas in 1170, "Will no one rid me of this turbulent…
JOHN DAVIE, who taught at St Paul’s School and Trinity College, Oxford, wears his learning lightly in Greek to Us: The fascinating Ancient Greek that shapes our world (Bloomsbury, £14.99 (£13.50); 978-1-3994-2479-0). The…
We’re really getting into that winter thing up here. This Monday morning, sunrise was at 9:25 AM. The sun will set at 4:05 PM. But we’re less than a month now until the winter solstice, and that’s a day to celebrate,…
In 1979, Iran’s revolutionaries — an alliance of Marxists and Islamists — rose on promises of justice and equality. They pledged to give citizens free water, free electricity, and free housing. The slogans captured a nation’s…
Since last November's presidential election, we have witnessed a live definition of insanity. The idea is that if you continue to do something that has proven to be unsuccessful over and over, somehow you will get…
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