Find Something Beautiful Today

[Photo by David Kanigan at Live & Learn]

First Paragraph

The office of the university president looked like the front parlor of a successful Victorian whorehouse. It was paneled in big squares of dark walnut, with ornately figured maroon drapes at the long windows. There was maroon carpeting and the furniture was black leather with brass studs. The office was much nicer than the classrooms; maybe I should have worn a tie.

- From The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker

The Man Never Sleeps

 

On My List

 

Buses and Light-Rail Trains Should Not Be Billboards

My Substack column: Get Government Out of the Graffiti Business!

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Films About Totalitarianism: A Series

 

Cassette Deck Vader

 

"Expressive Individualism" and Immigration in England

Dutch conservatives who think that women cannot have penises are not welcome, while men from countries that consider rape something of a gray area are entering in droves.

Read the rest of the essay by Carl R. Trueman in First Things.

To Be Savored

 

Do it justice. Slow down. This is a thought-provoker.

And it's lurking at Amazon.

I'm re-reading it.

Fashion Tips: The Music