I found this graphical bauble searching for a picture of an oak chair made from salvaged wood from the Temeraire that is at the Whanganui Regional Museum in New Zealand. Continue Reading →

Marcia Morrissey writes another beautiful Advent-inspired article with Less Later, More Now! …let us decorate our homes, even if we’re a little depressed, even if we are fearful. Let us Continue Reading →

“I’m not inclined to resign to maturity.” Illustration: Tsuyuki

Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. – Romans, 13:11-14 Here is Thomas Merton in Seven Storey Mountain: When a ray Continue Reading →

A bit of a puff piece (see below) on Sergio Marchionne but I’m excited about the FIAT 500. “At first glance Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne could pass for a humanities Continue Reading →

(1) Asimov, Krugman, Hayek, Popper, Plato: All Together Even the smartest, most motivated, best-intentioned bureaucrats cannot plan complex human undertakings—such as the workings of the economy, or subsectors of the Continue Reading →

State lawmakers approve NYRA loan (ESPN)