Notre Dame: Raging at the Dying of the Panda
I have a lot of mixed feelings about the Fire of Notre Dame. On the one hand, it is an indescribable tragedy. One of the most majestic and awe-inspiring feats…
The Camera and the Wrench
Everyone wants power, And this is not a sin -- The strength to lift your furniture, The speed and skill to win -- Everyone wants power, For those without aren't…
Why is Sex Associated with Death?
It isn't just the French la petite mort -- the "little death" -- that binds the mysteriously opposed forces of sex and death together. Death has long been associated with…
The Fruits of the Sexual Revolution
You don't have to disagree with the premise of the sexual revolution (as I do) in order to accept that its results have been counter-productive to its stated aims. The…
Leaving Crow-Country: Reflections on Domestication and Suburbia
I didn't always live in hawk-country. I used to live in crow-country. Notwithstanding that crows live everywhere, I am referring specifically to urban suburbs -- the sorts of new developments…
The Silent Statue
Was "cold command" what Shelley saw, When looking Ramses in the eye? Dead and gone was man to king -- And statue lived beneath that sky; He wrote his hate…
Free Speech and Violence: A Paradox
At the suggestion of a friend, I have been reading over a little bit of Brandenburg v. Ohio, the 1969 legal case which most definitively decided that one's right to…
Seattle is Dead
KOMO news released a fascinating documentary recently, one worth watching in full: A few commenters have said that this is "excellent journalism" -- I suppose, relatively speaking, it's an improvement.…
(L) Scott Helverston, Navy SEAL among Navy SEALs; (R) Hafthor Bjornsson, world's strongest man
Comparative Physiques
Trends seem to cycle with the body as much as with clothes. The 70's sported a slim, hippy frame. The 80's and early 90's brought back the macho physique of…
Eros Castrated: How Civilization Kills Male Love
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. -- John 15:13 I remember learning about the declining marriage rates in America…
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