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March 20, 2020 Dear Classical Mythology students, Welcome to my blog, which I have been running for most of the last decade.  It’s a fairly low-tech venue, and one I am familiar with, so I have been thinking that it … Continue reading →

  March 19, 2020 Dear Imperial Roman Prose students, Welcome to my blog, which I have been running for most of the last decade.  It’s a fairly low-tech venue, and one I am familiar with, so I have been thinking … Continue reading →

Dear Representative Rudder, Trust me, I understand that it’s hurtful to see your political position ridiculed as “cult-like” in an editorial in the Washington Post and likened to “mind control” on CNN. You must sympathize with those of us whose feelings … Continue reading →

Part of my continuing correspondence with Senator Alexander. Dear Senator Alexander, On Meet the Press (Sun Feb 2, 2020), you remarked, “If a call like that gets you an impeachment, I would think he would think twice before he did … Continue reading →

Dear Senator Alexander, The information from John Bolton’s forthcoming book reported in the New York Times and elsewhere makes the compelling case that the Senate MUST call him as a witness in the Senate’s ongoing impeachment trial of President Trump. … Continue reading →

“People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.”–Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations