America’s Pastime
End of summer. Sad news arrives via the internet: a childhood hero—a baseball pitcher—passes away. At first, you feel bewilderment, then sadness, then salutary memory kicks in. You remember that terrific season, more than...
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An Old Philosopher
A little light reading before bed last night, some pages by George Santayana, these words written nearly a century ago: “Civilization is perhaps approaching one of those long winters that overtake it from time...