Weekend 160.0 (WSJ Edition)
(1) The Twilight of Battle The Fighting Temeraire by J.M.W. Turner “The great battleship being towed up the Thames by a squat, steam-powered paddle-wheel tug. All the glory of the Continue Reading →
In between the lines…
“I’m not inclined to resign to maturity.” Illustration: Tsuyuki
Advent 2010, Week 2
Preparing a Place for Others by Marcia Morrissey (via Hot Air): “As we enter Advent, it is a time for waiting, hope, and preparing ourselves for the coming of the Continue Reading →
November Job Numbers, 9.8% Unemployment
Awful. I was listening to the job numbers on CNBC and a half-hour before the Squawk Box crew interviewed Tom Friedman. Friedman is wet behind the ears. He, like Krugman, Continue Reading →
Epic Mickey
15 Fascinating Facts about Fantasia
Sanriku Railways in Iwate Prefecture
Title: Sanriku Railway Company’s 25th Anniversary Illustration: Mibu Natsuki
Advent 2010, Week 1
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 →
Christmas Toys (Just Window Shopping)
(1) Villa Sibi Modernist Dollhouse (2) A-FRAME (3) Xtreamliner Cab (4) Domus Stone Scale Structures (5) Anker Construction Kit (6) ArcheToys
Thank you, Dan Nygaard…
…for your letter in the Op-Ed section of the Wall Street Journal on Saturday/Sunday, November 27-28, 2010. Public Universities Should Cut Costs—and the Hubris For three decades state universities have Continue Reading →
Austerity
My nomination for word of the year. The other would be “unexpectedly”. Related Irish Cutbacks Pile It on for ‘New Poor’ The measures are draconian. The government plans to shed Continue Reading →