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Liberty
Word of the Week
Anthony Esolen
Jul 4
21
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Journey
It’s a fine thing to consider that words that seem to mean exactly the same thing do not really do so, because the shades are different, or one is more…
Anthony Esolen
Aug 8
11
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The Browning Version (1951)
Director: Anthony Asquith
Anthony Esolen
Aug 4
10
2
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Puff, the Magic Dragon
Peter Yarrow, Leonard Lipton
Debra Esolen
Jul 31
10
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Pleasant are Thy Courts Above
Henry Francis Lyte (1834)
Anthony Esolen
Aug 9
8
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Calon Lan
Welsh Hymn
Anthony Esolen
Jul 10
16
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The Fool on the Hill
Paul McCartney
Debra Esolen
Aug 6
10
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Heart
Word of the Week
Anthony Esolen
Jul 11
14
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People Will Talk (1951)
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Anthony Esolen
Jul 14
11
2
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Defending Boyhood
Listen now (17 min) | From "Work to Do"
Anthony Esolen
Jul 29
7
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Irony
“He’s all talk,” we say, when we want to criticize someone who says a lot but never backs it up with action. “Talk is cheap,” we say, when we want to…
Anthony Esolen
Aug 1
8
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Ulysses
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Anthony Esolen
Aug 10
6
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