Behind on the work I’m supposed to be doing — talk to all of you later.
Hopefully I’ll have lots more to share afterwards. I want to actually write something positive and uplifting one of these days. Contrary to how whiny this blog gets, I don’t spend a lot of time complaining — I spend a lot more time reading. The hope is to increase that time reading, and spend no time whatsoever complaining.
It is rare that reading classical history or philosophy overlaps with anything we’re going through today. In fact, I want to eliminate many of the entries where I’ve contended that something is wrong because it doesn’t match up with some older example of how things should work. These are very tricky issues to sort through, …
Jay Cost, “Health Care Reform Has Endangered the Democratic Majority” — I’d be interested to see numbers that find a Democratic incumbent unelectable purely because of his stance on health care. I suspect enough of us are aware of entitlements to know we can’t afford another entitlement, especially not one this massive. The more general …
1st movement: Allegro con spirito | 2nd: Andante un poco Adagio | 3rd: Rondo allegretto grazioso Not much to say — this and Piano Sonata No. 11 have been recent addictions of mine. Barenboim’s dynamics are clearer in this recording than in No. 11, and that matters quite a bit in the second movement especially, …
I spent this morning reading some of an essay by Heidegger, copying down a poem of Yeats’ into the journal (yes, I keep a pen and paper one). There’s Plato’s Gorgias to finish reading, and try to put together with the Protagoras and the Greater Hippias. I’m very happy with how the third part of …