Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Funny communism jokes

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Note: Some photos in this particular blog post may be anachronistic. They are intended only to enhance the humor, and are not intended to re...
Thursday, January 14, 2021

A review of “Socrates” (audiobook)

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“That’s the strange thing about writing, which makes it truly analogous to painting. The painter’s products stand before us as though they w...
Monday, January 4, 2021

A review of Ken Burns’ “The Congress” (PBS)

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“One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress.” – John Adams It’s hard to do justice to the history of Cong...
Wednesday, December 9, 2020

In defense of the documentary as an art form

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When I was in high school, I got into a documentary for the first time in my life. The first documentary that I got into was  Ken Burns’ “...
Sunday, December 6, 2020

A review of “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross”

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“They [African Americans] had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate...
Thursday, December 3, 2020

A review of “Classical Religions and Myths of the Mediterranean Basin” (audiobook)

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“ Declare, O Muse! in what ill-fated hour Sprung the fierce strife, from what offended power Latona’s son a dire contagion spread, And heap...
Saturday, November 21, 2020

A review of “Voltaire and Rousseau” (audiobook)

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Voltaire and Rousseau disagreed with each other on many issues. Nonetheless, they do have at least one thing in common, which is that they w...