The Spectacled Avenger

As I mentioned in a previous posting, (“Look on My Works, Ye Mighty” May 9, 2009), I’m still reading my way through Samuel Johnson’s works,...

My (biological) father died of cancer recently. Attending his deathbed, I discovered that death has a new terror for us. It seems there is ...

One way to tell that a legal system has entered its decadent phase and is in need of reform is when its doctrines and procedures can be mani...

It’s high time for me to write about another favourite book. This time I’ve chosen Juvenal’s Satires . In the popular imagination, the Roma...