What to Do about That Horrible Yale Decision
This generation, with all its access and opportunity, advocates destruction rather than creation, and erases its past rather than building upon it. So what should do?
Virgil
Dulce Domum: The Longing for Home in Literature (and Our Hearts)
“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” – C.S. Lewis
Enrollment in the City of God
Where Augustus commanded everyone in the antique Roman world to be enrolled into the city of man, the New Testament authors turn this idea toward a higher civilization.
Great Books Bracket Round 2
After a first round full of mind-blowing upsets it’s time for a loaded second round
The Flaming Arrow of Classical Education: Funeral Games in the Aeneid as Symbol and Hope
“Suddenly, right before their eyes, look, a potent marvel destined to shape the future!” The Aeneid, Book V. ll. 575-6 The funeral games for Anchises in book five of the Aeneid provide a necessary respite from the piercing drama and tragic end of Dido in book four—which concludes with the arresting imagery of Dido atop …
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