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“Mowing”: An Homage to Robert Frost, on the Occasion of His Birthday
Today (March 26) is Robert Frost’s birthday. (This “modern” poet was born only nine years after the conclusion of the Civil War. History is…
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Thesis Defenses
On the occurrence of the Greek word φιλανθρωπία (God's love for man).
“Stanzas Written in Dejection, on the La-Z-Boy”
Light verse on bad comedy.
Gregory of Tours vs. Eusebius of Caesarea on Handling Apocrypha
Another healthy reminder that medieval Christianity is not always in continuity with what came before.
Peter Heather’s Excellent (and Accidentally Protestant?) History
Would that I had this book on my shelf as an undergraduate.
