… solemn procedure were the near relatives of those about to die; presumably, as a rule their children or grand-children. … group, those who can no longer keep the pace are made as comfortable as possible with a little fire, a few scraps of … some deep-seated general characteristics of human individuals or human societies, or perhaps that they trace back of …
… conquer merely by existing. The sense of things that do not die is a comfort and a spur. It comes more by what we feel than by … suggested vaguely a set of problems, a series of differentials, discriminations, inequalities and introspections that …
Essays
… contain little scenes framed by trees, with distant focal points. Framing a view within a larger landscape, as if it … custom floor covering at a bargain price. When Thomson died in 1846, his possessions included a valuable, nearly … from private collections and reappeared in museums. The website of the Wads-worth Atheneum Museum of Art in …
Interviews
… the details of both cultural interactions and encounters in combat. In this interview, he elaborates concerning his … to Kabul. The Accidental Guerrilla is a series of case studies on so-called “small wars” and counterinsurgency … for business, given that Kilcullen is a key advisor of Generals Petraeus and McChrystal. Sarah Chayes also describes the …
… Clara’s PC and the Second Coming Jesus Christ originally spoke through Clara Maples’ … speculated. “You know, the kind that marries lonely old ladies then skips town with their money?” Clara reached over … Am I what? “A pervert.” I love all men, if that helps. Also women, children, and creatures great and small. “That’s …
Cherry Cherry, I said to myself, trying too hard to experience that tree above the auction crowd. Its lowest limbs had been picked clean, but ripe fruit bobbed above us in leaf-shifting wind as the tree resisted the human, our money worries, the …