Pessimism
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Here It Is! The Worst Post of the Year
Ah yes, the Blogiversary. One year of bringing you the hits. And the catastrophic failures. Our Countdown of Ugh concludes with the worst post of the year, as measured by your complete indifference. Nothing on this site received less love than this one. It came to you, hat in hand, a humble post seeking attention. Continue reading
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At the Twilight’s Last Gleaming (Saying Farewell to a Dynasty)
Maybe it’s the fresh take on the space-time bending and head-blowing implications of Goodnight Moon, which has retroactively haunted my many thousands of readings of that book. Or maybe it’s just my usual interest in comparisons of Rome and America. In either case, I was struck by this passage: The stagnation of the Roman Empire Continue reading
Jacke Wilson 