~ As I was preparing for my own wedding around the Fourth of July, I came across the homily from Myrrh and Warren's wedding, which was on the actual Fourth of July several years ago. Good stuff; I hadn't realized it was online.
~ Alan Jacobs: "On Intellectual Triage and Not Writing People Off." Excellent.
~ Sunset Gun on, as always, Marilyn Monroe: "...and the story of how Marilyn and her early roommate, Shelley Winters, got drunk with Dylan Thomas, who then crashed into Charlie Chaplin’s tennis court."
~ Valerie Eliot's art collection will be up for auction this fall (via Hopkins).
~ As part of our discussion of Montesquieu and the separation of powers, I had my students read this piece accusing Obama of overstepping his executive power. Thoughts?
~ For Francisco: DC monuments that might have been.
~ By perhaps the best writer alive: "Tomb of the Four Freedoms." (My pictures of the memorial here.)
~ As part of our discussion of Montesquieu and the separation of powers, I had my students read this piece accusing Obama of overstepping his executive power. Thoughts?
~ For Francisco: DC monuments that might have been.
~ By perhaps the best writer alive: "Tomb of the Four Freedoms." (My pictures of the memorial here.)
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