Mike Flynn unrolls a veritable ‘greatest hits’ of St. Thomas Aquinas to commemorate his feast day: 1. Beware the man of one book. 2. It is better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate. 3. By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in… Continue reading
Author: John Farrell
Writer and producer working in Boston.
Ross Douthat on how Richard Dawkins really needs Pat Robertson to make a point. And the fact that Richard Dawkins and Pat Robertson both disagree tells us something, important, I think, about the symbiosis between the new atheism and fundamentalism — how deeply the new atheists are invested in the idea that a mad literalism… Continue reading
Outstanding. Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.
Shakespeare in the SunLong Island. (No, not that one. The other one. In Boston.) Summer 1983. With actors. And Shakespeare. In college. It was the time to do it….
More bad news for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. According to Financial Times, the company aims to reduce $7 billion in debt to less than $3 billion in the restructuring. The process is intended to help EMPG avoid filing for bankruptcy, but investors will take a hit. EMPG founder and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt CEO Barry O’Callaghan had… Continue reading