My Philosophical Dance
Lucius Aurelius Apolaustus Memphius, a slave by birth, caught the eye of Roman Emperor Lucius Aurelius Verus for his exposition in dance of Pythagoras’ philosophy of the transmigration of souls. Review of “Populus” by Guy […]
Lucius Aurelius Apolaustus Memphius, a slave by birth, caught the eye of Roman Emperor Lucius Aurelius Verus for his exposition in dance of Pythagoras’ philosophy of the transmigration of souls. Review of “Populus” by Guy […]
Wondering how to end that sentence you’re working on? Don’t know what an “interrobang” is? Ask Mr. Punctuation, if he doesn’t know the answer he’ll look it up in his fourth-grade English book. Dear […]
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that a small group of cosmetics and fragrance workers at a Macy’s store in Saugus, Mass. can be organized separately from other employees. The Wall Street Journal It’s […]
BOSTON. Thousands of men and boys soaked in the cool spring air today as they filed down Beacon Street on their way to the Boston Common for the first annual “Walk for Self-Abuse,” a fund-raiser […]
ARLINGTON, Virginia. Gladys Kneff, who rose from a lowly position in a secretarial pool to become the secret lover of a succession of U.S. Secretaries of Commerce, died here yesterday after a brief illness. She […]
The name of the Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association was incorrectly given as the Upper Wharefedale Fell Rescue Association in a Page One article Thursday about ferret racing. The Wall Street Journal Ferret-racing fever — […]
As he descended into paranoia at the end of his life, poet Delmore Schwartz sent telegrams to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, harassed friends on the phone, and left a stray cat at […]
BECKET, Mass. This sleepy western Massachusetts town is home to St. Judith College, the only institution of higher learning in the world named after the patron saint of cats, but that’s not the explanation for […]
Pope Francis Shuts Down the Cafeteria. Headline, The Wall Street Journal I was walking to Sacred Heart School (motto: “The Fear of the Nuns is the Beginning of Wisdom”) and as usual I stopped by […]
BOSTON. The Boston Marathon, the world’s oldest, attracts runners from around the world every Patriot’s Day, a holiday on the third Monday in April that serves as an excuse for local bureaucrats to take the […]