Perhaps I exaggerate, but I did enjoy the following passage (excerpted from pp. 74-75 of his book Sexual Desire: A Philosophical Investigation:
The personal nature of the object of desire

By referring to embodiment as the focus of desire we have therefore identified an important differentiating feature - although one that is shared with other ( Read more... )

I made a new NationState in order to see how it might develop differently from my old one given the changes in my views that have occurred since I last used NationStates. NationStates also takes very little time, which is helpful ( Read more... )

A poem from his collection High Windows, published in 1974.

Annus Mirabilis

Sexual intercourse began
In nineteen sixty-three
(which was rather late for me) -
Between the end of the Chatterley ban
And the Beatles' first LP.

Up to then there'd only been
A sort of bargaining,
A wrangle for the ring,
A shame that started at sixteen
And spread to ( Read more... )

"The Hollow Men," by T. S. Eliot.  A poem originally published in 1925.

( The Hollow Men )

Protecting the Most Vulnerable
Political Hay
Congress begs Bush to veto new Children, Mothers, Orphans, Puppies, Soldiers, Baseball, Country Music, and Beer Protection Act.
Andrew Cline, 10/8/2007 12:07:57 AM

A poem from his collection The Less Deceived, published in 1955.

( Church Going )

Fascinating historical perspectives.

The Classics in the Slums
In 1988, Barbara Herrnstein Smith, president of the Modern Language Association, authoritatively stated (as something too obvious to require any evidence) that classic literature was always irrelevant to underprivileged people who were not classically educated. It was, she asserted, an ( Read more... )

This is an interesting article.

Why Study War?
Military history teaches us about honor, sacrifice, and the inevitability of conflict. Victor Davis Hanson
Summer 2007
Try explaining to a college student that Tet was an American military victory. You’ll provoke not a counterargument-let alone an assent-but a blank stare: Who or what was Tet? Doing ( Read more... )

[Read the poem]

Of especial interest to future (or current) teachers, but also of interest to anyone with regard for the humanities.

In Defense of Memorization
Progressive educators call it “drill and kill,” but learning poetry by heart empowers kids. Michael Knox Beran
Summer 2004
If there’s one thing progressive educators don’t like it’s rote learning. As a ( Read more... )