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For almost 200 years, some people in the west have tried to replace hope with optimism, not for persons but for the whole human race. The thing about…
Anthony Esolen
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In ancient medicine, if you were in your humor, you were acting according to your predominant bodily fluid, and that was usually all right by you. But…
Anthony Esolen
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In every human language, sweetness is a mark of affection. “Don’t yank my head back like that, Candy,” says the motherly cook Berenice to the little boy…
Anthony Esolen
When I was a boy, we were always eager to see “the carnival” come to town, as it did every summer, making its way down our valley from one place to the…
Anthony Esolen
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Word of the Week. It’s the day when Chaucer sets his whimsical poem, The Parliament of Birds (1381) – they’re chattering about love, of course, and what…
Anthony Esolen
When I watch old family comedies from the years just before the Lonely Revolution, one thing that strikes me is how often the comedy arises from two…
Debra Esolen
“Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?” said the muffled voice on the old radio show. “The Shadow knows,” and he laughed softly. It was a good…
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This is surely something the old glaziers understood, those who worked on the stained glass in the great cathedrals of Europe. If people wanted simple…
Anthony Esolen
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“Take that!” hollers Yosemite Sam, a Roman legionnaire, banging a caged lion on the head for roaring when he didn’t expect it. “Maybe that’ll larn ya to…
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Word of the Week: NEW What else would be our word this week, as the NEW year begins? I hope you’ll forgive me a quick glance at history here – and why…
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When I was a boy, we used to keep our Christmas tree up and our outside lights still shining at least until what we knew as “Russian Christmas,” namely…
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We’re in the forest, and it’s cold, and there’s a very old man near death, because he’s had nothing to eat in days. His name, fittingly enough, is Adam…
Anthony Esolen
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“I don’t go to the Acme anymore,” said my Aunt Fran to my mother, while I was lounging on the sofa, letting them have a nice visit. “They’re too dear…
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Word of the Week | Sight is the least material of the senses. The scientists say that photons have no mass: and if that doesn’t approach the purely…
Anthony Esolen
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For almost 200 years, some people in the west have tried to replace hope with optimism, not for persons but for the whole human race. The thing about…
Anthony Esolen
4
In ancient medicine, if you were in your humor, you were acting according to your predominant bodily fluid, and that was usually all right by you. But…
Anthony Esolen
3
In every human language, sweetness is a mark of affection. “Don’t yank my head back like that, Candy,” says the motherly cook Berenice to the little boy…
Anthony Esolen
When I was a boy, we were always eager to see “the carnival” come to town, as it did every summer, making its way down our valley from one place to the…
Anthony Esolen
3
Word of the Week. It’s the day when Chaucer sets his whimsical poem, The Parliament of Birds (1381) – they’re chattering about love, of course, and what…
Anthony Esolen
When I watch old family comedies from the years just before the Lonely Revolution, one thing that strikes me is how often the comedy arises from two…
Debra Esolen
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