the intensity of his isolation and the waste of ages and the perishing of the stars, and finally putting his pipe in his pocket and bending his magnificent head before her—who will blame him if he does homage to the beauty of the world?

Who shall blame him? Who will not secretly rejoice when the hero puts his armour off, and halts by the window and gazes at his wife and son, who, very distant at first, gradually come closer and closer, till lips and book and head are clearly before him, though still lovely and unfamiliar from

<Hottest person you've ever seen>

"Can I say something without everyone getting mad?"

Well, Russ, do you know about the Trojan War?

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Including Weinersmith reminds me of those chud self-help lists with Marcus Aurelius on them and I'm just like "look what they did to my boy."

Swamps are pretty miserable climate wise but they do wonders for your skin.

Good (evil)

Most people don't remember this, but the original syllabus was full of Schmitt and everyone yelled at James until he swapped it out for Huntington and Walzer and then they yelled at him harder.

It's called deception, sweaty

Okay Gaddis is actually fine. Not dying on the hill or anything, but I will defend the hill within reason.

Strategy? Statecraft? AND Great Books?! James! @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social ! I finally found the money for your dumb think-tank! It might involve some lying tho...

That place is great. Surprisingly good pinball collection.

Um, that's why you just read Brodie's notes.

In absolute terms, yes.

With a little virtù thrown in for good measure.

Broke: NATO must be preserved as a bulwark against the authoritarian Russians
Woke: NATO must be preserved to prevent the barbarous Europeans from murdering each other again