There are moments when weakness feels like the truest thing about us, when energy fades, words fail, and even prayer seems beyond reach. In those times, it’s easy to imagine that we’re somehow…

This tree eats cities alive. The 細葉榕 (gajumaru, the Chinese banyan) drops roots from its branches. They grab walls, crack pavement, and fuse into massive trunks. One tree can look like a whole…

So, reading Pedagogical Anthropology. Montessori dedication to study the pedagogy with the contribution of the anthropology field. Seria outra perspectiva de identificação. Podemos pensar em uma…

When you say Chinatown, many people think of the West End of London, but there was a much older Chinatown in the East, and a new exhibition is telling its story.Read more ›

A couple weeks ago I mentioned the events that led to Saladin coming to power in Egypt. From there he had two choices: stay in Egypt and try to bring the entire country under his control, or try to…

In the scattered remnants of ancient stone structures lies more than craftsmanship—they bear the imprint of a forgotten dialogue between civilizations. These megaliths and pyramids, far from isolated…

There were various towns that became significant marketplaces in Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries, places like Bruges, Antwerp, and Amsterdam. Other places became significant banking centers;…

By Michael KelleyWe have a dog named Samwise Gamgee Kelley, and he's a golden doodle dog. And our kids have loved this dog with their whole hearts since he came to live with us as a puppy. We've been…

In 1866 the Linguistic Society of Paris, so fed up with bickering about the origin of language, banned the subject from its meetings. Needless to say, that didn’t end the speculation or arguments.…

Die New York Times möchte uns glauben machen, dass Berliner in Kriegszeiten „einfach weitergemacht” hätten, statt die Stadt zu verlassen. Ian Buruma hat etwas geschrieben, das er einen…

On this day in 1896, The Raines Law passed in New York. It was a vain attempt to kill Sunday drinking, but accidentally invented the "Raines Law hotel" and supercharged the speakeasy era. Back in the…

Japanese folktales are filled with brave stories of heroes defeating demons and heartwarming tales of animals […]

Hi Mythcreants, How does subtext work? The short story “Hills Like White Elephants” seems to be the go-to example given by other advice givers for subtext with a deeply buried meaning, but they never…

As we get into the potential use of technology, my mind goes back to a story our litterature teacher had us read from: Successful freezing of mr Moro . There is an picture of a man being frozen in a…

At 25, he started a trek. At 60, he returned. Jeffrey Marqusee went back to Mustang in Nepal to finish what he had left unfinished. Photography Book Spotlight

Some cool decisions the translation team took while working on Metaphor: ReFantazio.

A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. We hear about San Crisogono, the Roman Station. Fr. Parsch drill into Passiontide, ancient and modern views. Yesterday’s podcast…

A rare Nordic Iron Age “gold man,” a tiny piece of gold foil stamped with the image of a man and a woman, has been discovered in southwestern Norway. It dates to between 550 A.D. and the…

In (viii), Kant states that moral action must be done "for the sake of the moral law". But how would anyone know what their true motivation is? Kant says that if it isn't truly for the sake of moral…

In this second episode of the Grace With Salt podcast, I talk about romance, love, and Antichrist machines. You can check out the blog posts I've made to accompany the discussion on romance here ,…

Of course, as soon as we pick up such a loaded question, we have to deal with the issue of definitions and lack of specificity. It makes total sense to ask what "settle" means here, and furthermore,…

One of the stories that circulated in the Royal Navy after HMS Rodney was involved in sinking the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941 was that the British vessel had reached 25 knots during the…

This week I finished: Ulysses S. Grant—A documentary on the 18th President, part 1: Grant plays a big role in my new book as a role model. [Review to be written soon] The Eugenics Crusade:…

Crocker according to Muqaffa Ibn al-Muqaffa on Crocker's Rules: لا تكوننَّ نزِر الكلام والسلام، ولا تُفرِّطنَّ بالهشاشة والبشاشة، فإن إحداهما من الكِبْر، والأخرى من السخف. #Modus Vivendi…

It turns out that there is a very long genealogy of saying that there is too much work/scholarship, or too many books, published. I was having an email conversation with Jan Erik Frantsvåg, who is an…

Spandrell has written about the three different sides of NRx who are against the Cathedral.1) Ethno-nationalist 2) Christians (Theonomists)3) Accelerationists (techno-commercialists)My proposal…

 

PART 2: One of the most abused Biblical subjects—especially to Americans, is giving to God. When, how and why ought a Christian to give? And what are those liberating reasons the Bible tells us not…

One of the most abused Biblical subjects—especially to Americans, is giving to God. When, how and why ought a Christian to give? And what are those liberating reasons the Bible tells us not to…? A…

W.J. Woodhouse (1866-1937), The Composition of Homer's Odyssey (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1930), p. 7: For over thirty years two Greek books, the Odyssey of Homer and the Description of Greece by…

The words arrive like a shock to the system, simple yet world-changing: he is not here; he has risen. What began in grief, confusion, and the heavy silence of a sealed tomb is suddenly undone by…

March 23, 1962. This day marks a historic milestone that brought the framework of modern-day megacity Tokyo mu […]

lingthusiasm:begonia: a deep pink that is bluer, lighter, and stronger than average coral (see ‘coral’ 3B), bluer than fiesta, and bluer and stronger than sweet William, called also ‘gaiety’.In this…

Fiction and Philsophy > self-help

Introduction This is a post that goes hand in hand with this post on romance and is a continuation of my studies on this topic. I wanted to examine not only what romance is biblically, but what love…

Ten years ago, on this date and at this hour and minute, I wrote the very first post for "Ace Linguist." I was graduating college, planning to go to grad school, and thinking my resume really needed…

Across 450 parent-child entries drawn from 32 epics and 23 civilizations, 85% of children are sons. 63% of couples have zero daughters, while only 6% have zero sons.I classified each entry by how…

Stephanie West on Homer, Odyssey 1.113: His name reflects his father's characteristic method of fighting; for Odysseus' skill at archery cf. viii 215 ff. (with Hainsworth's n.), xxi 393 ff., xxii 1…

I finally finished “In Europe”, a book in 12 chapters, travelling through the 20th century in Europe. It covers WWI and WWII and the cold war, told from the eyes from simple civilians…

How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. (Matthew 12:34) There were people who had seen Jesus heal a man who was blind and mute, and saw that…

Robyn Creswell’s NYRB review (February 22, 2024; archived) of On Earth or in Poems: The Many Lives of al-Andalus by Eric Calderwood should be worth reading for anyone interested in the period…

Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for this…

A guest post in our Your Stories series, by Kwizera Mugisha, creator of the Umwero alphabet. I. Introduction The Umwero alphabet is an African alphabet that is able to write all Ntu-related…

A Certain Obscure Chinese Encyclopedia

Occurred today in 1622 Indian massacre of 1622 - Wikipedia ”Dreyzehender Theil Americæ, das ist: forsetzung der Historien von der Newen Welt […]”, Frankfurt am Main 1628

When I visit museums, I’m fascinated by the small artifacts of everyday life. After viewing two suits of samurai armor at a small museum, I spotted a single Golden Bat cigarette. The humble…

Today is the feast of one my favorite saints, St. Nicholas Owen, Martyr. From a previous All Saints post in which I discussed him: Born into a Catholic family in Oxford in the 1560s, Nicholas Owen…

Is science our new religion? Is evolution our new doctrine? Are we meant to accept constant change in evidence quietly? Is a meaning to life offered in our scientific approach? Does science…

Welcome to our weekly study! Each week, our reading plan will take us through three different parts of the Bible: a psalm, a passage from Proverbs, and a few chapters from another book as we journey…