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The Holidays of My Childhood
Having lived through more than seven decades of holidays, I decided it would be of interest (to me, if no one else) to consider how the...
sursumcorda, 24 August 2025 |
Elementary School Aspirations, 1926
I found the following list in in The Art of Manliness , a publication I rarely read, but have respect for, and not just because their...
How Do You Decide What to Write?
"How do you decide what to write?" I know that other writers have been asked this and similar questions, and I don't speak for anyone...
The Power of a Hug
This research comes from Carnegie Mellon University , so it must be good, right? In these days, as the cracks in our system...
Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025
Tom Lehrer didn't quite make it to his 100th birthday, and I'm sure he could have written a song about that. I discovered him when I...
The Solution to Hydrocarbon Pollution Is Oil Production?
It began as a student project by Professor Jamie Rector's class at the University of California, Berkeley. They wanted to investigate...
Lab-Grown Meat
Here's an interesting look at attempts to replace farms and ranches with industrial food production facilities . I'm not...
Honor - Tradition - Optimism - Challenge
Here's another Imprimis article I enjoyed , Victor Davis Hanson's 2025 commencement address for Hillsdale College. Some...
Morse-Lewis-Endeavour Music
Many years ago, when Inspector Morse first aired on PBS, we watched several episodes, and have since enjoyed the whole...
A Leader Like That
It's time to bring back a post from eight years ago, which I called Leadership . It was inspired by the funeral of a man I wish...